M3.8 earthquake 12 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 12 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho on Tue, Sep 5, 2017, 4:32 PM MDT (22:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 9 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.8	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.039 · 62 stations
3.46	ML, local (Richter)	University of Utah Seismograph Stations	Final · ±0.17 · 15 stations

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

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

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

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 201.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000age2 (also filed as uu60235372). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.