M1.6 earthquake 13 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho on Sun, Mar 5, 2017, 10:30 PM MST (05:30 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 15 km E of North Logan, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-06 05:30:31 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.433° N, 111.519° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64 km ESE of Deweyville, Utah · 3494 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.115 km E of North Logan, Utah · 3487 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Portage, Utah · 3470 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Portage, Utah · 3470 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3463 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0Wyoming · 3459 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Freedom, Idaho · 3443 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.637 km W of Freedom, Idaho · 3443 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.036 km W of Freedom, Idaho · 3443 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 1.85 km NNW of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming · 3500 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Grace, Idaho · 3508 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Woodruff, Utah · 3512 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.95 km SW of Auburn, Wyoming · 3516 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 8
- 3.49 km WNW of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3526 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 36
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60188562. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC.