M2.0 earthquake 36 km W of Freedom, Idaho
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 36 km W of Freedom, Idaho on Sun, Apr 30, 2017, 8:54 AM MDT (14:54 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km SSE of Grace, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-30 14:54:40 UTC
- Depth
- 0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.022° N, 111.487° W
- Region
- Idaho
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.8 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.02
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 226°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.66 km SSE of Grace, Idaho · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.115 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3411 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.119 km ESE of Jackson, Wyoming · 3408 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.714 km W of Paris, Idaho · 3384 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
Before
- 1.637 km W of Freedom, Idaho · 3442 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Freedom, Idaho · 3442 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.515 km ENE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Hoback, Wyoming · 3461 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3463 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80207304. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC.