Idaho earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 10 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho on Sat, Sep 23, 2017, 12:50 PM MDT (18:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 8 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-23 18:50:00 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.563° N, 111.435° W
Region
Idaho
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
42°
Stations used
57

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.68 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.58 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.18 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.79 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.614 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 3.214 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3292 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.512 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3292 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.011 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3291 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.813 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3291 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.711 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3291 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.615 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3290 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  12. 1.812 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming · 3290 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.77 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.6southern Idaho · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.65 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3288 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.012 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3288 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.512 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3288 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.712 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3288 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.58 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3287 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.78 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3287 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 1.88 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 1.611 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3286 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.08 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3286 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 2.511 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3286 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 2.412 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3286 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 2.112 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3285 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 2.311 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3285 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 2.711 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3285 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.911 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3285 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.211 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3285 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.411 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3285 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 2.120 km WSW of Smoot, Wyoming · 3285 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 2.112 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3285 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 2.65 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3284 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  35. 1.69 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3284 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 1.513 km W of Bennington, Idaho · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 1.616 km NE of Georgetown, Idaho · 3284 days ago · -3 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 2.07 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3284 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 1.719 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 3283 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 2.04 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3283 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 1.811 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 1.813 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3282 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.18 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 2.014 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3282 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 1.813 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3281 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 2.48 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3281 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 2.213 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3281 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 1.713 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3281 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 1.510 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3281 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 1.62 km NE of Etna, Wyoming · 3281 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  51. 2.113 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3281 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 2.58 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 1.77 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3281 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 1.69 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3280 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 2.712 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3280 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.113 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3280 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.212 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3280 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.314 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 3.214 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3278 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.013 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3278 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.69 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.812 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.79 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.68 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.18 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.28 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.68 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.18 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 3.810 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
  10. 2.2southern Idaho · 3293 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.010 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.011 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.410 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.612 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.68 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.67 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3293 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 2.59 km N of Georgetown, Idaho · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.812 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3294 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.76 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3294 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.110 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3294 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000atnx (also filed as uu60248997). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC.