Idaho earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 8 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho on Thu, Oct 5, 2017, 3:32 PM MDT (21:32 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 12 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-10-05 21:32:26 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.549° N, 111.430° 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

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Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
36

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 180.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b1px (also filed as uu60251312). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.