Wyoming earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 5 km W of Fairview, Wyoming

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 5 km W of Fairview, Wyoming on Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 9:34 AM MST (16:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 13 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2018-11-30 16:34:36 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.681° N, 111.044° W
Region
Wyoming
Felt reports
9
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hydr (also filed as uu60306117). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.