Wyoming earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 44 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 44 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho on Tue, Jul 25, 2017, 10:58 PM MDT (04:58 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 9 km ENE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2017-07-26 04:58:08 UTC
Depth
3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
44.239° N, 110.789° W
Region
Wyoming
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.56ML, local (Richter)University of Utah Seismograph StationsPreferred · Final · ±0.12 · 3 stations
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.12 · 3 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 193.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60012084 (also filed as us2000a1b9). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.