M1.9 earthquake 32 km NNW of Lima, Montana
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 32 km NNW of Lima, Montana on Mon, Jun 12, 2017, 8:25 PM MDT (02:25 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 44 km NW of Island Park, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-13 02:25:43 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.906° N, 112.750° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 14
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.231 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3397 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Lima, Montana · 3394 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.430 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3380 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.831 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3379 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.730 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3379 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.630 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 3376 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.431 km N of Spencer, Idaho · 3361 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Salmon, Idaho · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.144 km NW of Island Park, Idaho · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80214264. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:22 AM UTC.