M2.0 earthquake 29 km NNW of Lima, Montana
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 29 km NNW of Lima, Montana on Sun, Jun 11, 2017, 8:41 AM MDT (14:41 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 30 km NNW of Lima, Montana. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-11 14:41:21 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.891° N, 112.719° W
- Region
- Montana
- 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 0.8 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 8
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.932 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3397 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.231 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3397 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Lima, Montana · 3394 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.430 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3380 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.831 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3379 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.730 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3379 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.630 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3376 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.431 km N of Spencer, Idaho · 3361 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Salmon, Idaho · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80213554. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.