Wyoming earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 17 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming on Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 11:50 AM MDT (17:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 12 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-24 17:50:01 UTC
Depth
9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.586° N, 111.140° W
Region
Wyoming
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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.31
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
178°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.315 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming · 2879 days ago · -3 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.29 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2879 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.010 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2879 days ago · -3 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.810 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2878 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 3.09 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2878 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
  6. 1.59 km NE of Irwin, Idaho · 2877 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.1southern Idaho · 2877 days ago · -3 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 3.111 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2877 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 11
  9. 1.813 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2877 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.811 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2877 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.212 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 3.812 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 8
  13. 1.912 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 1.813 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 1.714 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 1.613 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 1.713 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.014 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.69 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2875 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.211 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2875 days ago · -2 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.111 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2874 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 1.89 km SSW of Laketown, Utah · 2873 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.310 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2872 days ago · -2 km deep · 29 km away
  24. 1.8southern Idaho · 2872 days ago · -3 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.110 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2872 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.010 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2870 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 1.59 km NNW of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2868 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.018 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 2865 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 1.99 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2864 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 1.811 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2863 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 1.819 km NE of Georgetown, Idaho · 2862 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 1.813 km ENE of Hyde Park, Utah · 2861 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 3.15 km W of Fairview, Wyoming · 2861 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 9
  34. 2.38 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2861 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.59 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2860 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.9southern Idaho · 2859 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 1.614 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 1.68 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.213 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2842 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  40. 1.69 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2838 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 2.29 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2899 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 2.015 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2904 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.017 km S of Victor, Idaho · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.819 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.620 km NE of Randolph, Utah · 2915 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.03 km WNW of Montpelier, Idaho · 2927 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.313 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2927 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.610 km NNW of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming · 2928 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60302267. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:41 PM UTC.