M1.9 earthquake 17 km SSW of Smoot, Wyoming
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 17 km SSW of Smoot, Wyoming on Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 2:51 AM MST (09:51 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 9 km WNW of Soda Springs, 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
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-31 09:51:05 UTC
- Depth
- -0.5 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.489° N, 111.025° W
- Region
- Wyoming
- 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, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.49 km WNW of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3526 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 36
- 2.95 km SW of Auburn, Wyoming · 3516 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 8
- 1.616 km SSE of Grace, Idaho · 3508 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming · 3500 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.81 km ESE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3498 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.115 km E of North Logan, Utah · 3487 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.34 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3486 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60183647. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.