Idaho earthquakes

M3.7 earthquake 11 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho on Thu, Oct 19, 2017, 2:30 PM MDT (20:30 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.7 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-10-19 20:30:10 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.571° N, 111.433° W
Region
Idaho
Felt reports
1
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration
162.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.6 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
3.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 335°, dip 74°, rake -127°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 225°, dip 40°, rake -25°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
41°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.012 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3265 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.18 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3265 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.98 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3264 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.77 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3264 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.98 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3263 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.510 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3262 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.78 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3262 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.67 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.814 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3260 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.613 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3260 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.712 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3260 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.09 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3259 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.712 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.810 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3257 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.57 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3255 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.210 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3255 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.77 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3255 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 1.911 km ESE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3255 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.912 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3253 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 3.013 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3252 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  21. 3.012 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3252 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  22. 2.59 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3252 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 1.66 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3251 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 2.412 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3251 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 4.015 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3251 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 9
  26. 2.114 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3250 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 1.912 km N of Georgetown, Idaho · 3250 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 1.913 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3250 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 2.112 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3249 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 1.614 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3249 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  31. 1.913 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3249 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 3.412 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3248 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  33. 1.510 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3248 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 2.412 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  35. 1.712 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3247 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.211 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3246 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 1.512 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3245 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 1.714 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3243 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 2.112 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3243 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 2.14 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3242 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 2.44 km SW of Garden City, Utah · 3240 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  42. 1.613 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3239 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 2.49 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 1.710 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3238 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 2.913 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3238 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
  46. 1.814 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3238 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 2.413 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3237 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 2.010 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3236 days ago · -2 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 2.312 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3235 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 2.412 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3234 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 1.78 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3233 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 1.512 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3232 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 2.112 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3232 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 2.2southern Idaho · 3232 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.112 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3231 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.313 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3229 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  57. 1.912 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3228 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 1.814 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3228 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 2.014 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3226 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 1.910 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3224 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 1.69 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3265 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.97 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3266 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.98 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3266 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.612 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3266 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.512 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3266 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.412 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3267 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.814 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3267 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.79 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3267 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.28 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3267 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.9southern Idaho · 3268 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.98 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3268 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.99 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3268 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.29 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3268 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.212 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3268 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.69 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.99 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.78 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.69 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3269 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.710 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3269 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.69 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3269 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away

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