Idaho earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 11 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho on Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 6:41 PM MST (01:41 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 14 km ESE of Alpine, Wyoming. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-01-27 01:41:06 UTC
Depth
9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.569° N, 111.438° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.512 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3166 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.310 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3165 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.19 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3164 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.611 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3164 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.310 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3163 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.514 km ESE of Alpine, Wyoming · 3161 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 47
  7. 2.04 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3160 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.23 km NNW of Cornish, Utah · 3157 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.63 km SSE of Weston, Idaho · 3157 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.83 km SSE of Weston, Idaho · 3157 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.23 km SSE of Weston, Idaho · 3157 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.78 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3156 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.17 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3155 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.411 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3154 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.98 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3152 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.413 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3146 days ago · -3 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.211 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.112 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3143 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 1.811 km NNW of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.913 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3140 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 1.78 km SSW of Hoback, Wyoming · 3140 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.713 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3140 days ago · -2 km deep · 13 km away
  23. 1.55 km N of Etna, Wyoming · 3139 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.914 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3138 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.513 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3136 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.59 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3131 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.06 km W of Fairview, Wyoming · 3125 days ago · -3 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 1.813 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3115 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 1.818 km NE of Georgetown, Idaho · 3113 days ago · -3 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 2.312 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3108 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 1.712 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3107 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 1.78 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3166 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.410 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3167 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.010 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3167 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.610 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3167 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.36 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3167 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 20
  6. 2.010 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3167 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.810 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3167 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 3.111 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3167 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  9. 4.45 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3167 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 689
  10. 1.511 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3174 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.010 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3174 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.85 km NNE of Grace, Idaho · 3176 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 2.013 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3177 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.08 km WNW of Plymouth, Utah · 3180 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.913 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3182 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.214 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3183 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.411 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.63 km NNW of Thayne, Wyoming · 3186 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
  19. 2.215 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3189 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 1.524 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3189 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cq83 (also filed as uu60266102). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC.