M2.5 earthquake 15 km S of Whitehall, Montana

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 15 km S of Whitehall, Montana on Wed, Mar 1, 2017, 3:04 PM MST (22:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 4 km ESE of Avon, Montana. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology	Preferred · Final · ±0.332 · 13 stations
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.062 · 34 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80201219 (also filed as us100086e0). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC.