M2.6 earthquake 6 km SSE of Grace, Idaho
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km SSE of Grace, Idaho on Mon, May 8, 2017, 1:05 AM MDT (07:05 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-08 07:05:06 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.523° N, 111.710° W
- Region
- Idaho
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.039 · 88 stations |
| 2.67 | ML, local (Richter) | University of Utah Seismograph Stations | Final · ±0.13 · 9 stations |
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 2.3 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 26°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.17 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 3422 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.115 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3411 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.714 km W of Paris, Idaho · 3383 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008qff (also filed as uu60196227). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:38 PM UTC.