M1.8 earthquake 12 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 12 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho on Sun, Apr 9, 2017, 2:03 PM MDT (20:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km SSE of Grace, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-09 20:03:25 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.451° N, 111.520° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.0Wyoming · 3457 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Freedom, Idaho · 3442 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.637 km W of Freedom, Idaho · 3442 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.036 km W of Freedom, Idaho · 3441 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.66 km SSE of Grace, Idaho · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 3422 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.115 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3411 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60193132. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:47 AM UTC.