Idaho earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 5 km NNE of Yellow Pine, Idaho

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Yellow Pine, Idaho on Fri, Dec 8, 2017, 10:36 PM MST (05:36 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 10 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Local time
UTC
2017-12-09 05:36:45 UTC
Depth
19.5 km (12.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
45.004° N, 115.457° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.40
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
108°
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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.28 km ENE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3220 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.88 km ENE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3210 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.613 km ENE of Cascade, Idaho · 3205 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.026 km NNE of Lowman, Idaho · 3170 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.310 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 3169 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 1.621 km WNW of New Meadows, Idaho · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.821 km E of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3227 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.2southern Idaho · 3227 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 1.95 km SSE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3229 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 1.96 km SE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3232 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.67 km SSE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3232 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.38 km E of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3232 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.110 km ENE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3233 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.411 km E of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3234 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.97 km SE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 3236 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.114 km E of Cascade, Idaho · 3240 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80273674. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC.