M1.6 earthquake 7 km SSE of Yellow Pine, Idaho
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Yellow Pine, Idaho on Mon, Nov 27, 2017, 5:00 PM MST (00:00 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 8 km ENE of Yellow Pine, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-28 00:00:03 UTC
- Depth
- 3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.903° N, 115.461° W
- Region
- Idaho
- 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 1.1 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.34
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 171°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.96 km SE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3231 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3228 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.2southern Idaho · 3226 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.821 km E of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3226 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.621 km WNW of New Meadows, Idaho · 3225 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3220 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3220 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.88 km ENE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3210 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.613 km ENE of Cascade, Idaho · 3204 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.213 km W of Clayton, Idaho · 3172 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 2.38 km E of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3231 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.110 km ENE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3232 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.411 km E of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3235 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.114 km E of Cascade, Idaho · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80271889. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:40 AM UTC.