Idaho earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 11 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho on Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 4:10 PM MST (23:10 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 18 km W of Fairview, Wyoming. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-12-26 23:10:36 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.572° N, 111.444° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 9.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.410 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2832 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.710 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2831 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.518 km W of Fairview, Wyoming · 2827 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 1.813 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.112 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2823 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.418 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming · 2823 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.615 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 1.813 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2818 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.19 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2813 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.014 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2804 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.516 km ENE of North Logan, Utah · 2800 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 1.53 km N of Georgetown, Idaho · 2790 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 1.73 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2790 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 1.634 km WNW of Freedom, Idaho · 2785 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.329 km SSW of Irwin, Idaho · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.430 km SSW of Irwin, Idaho · 2784 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.110 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2778 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 1.510 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2835 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.813 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2835 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 3.213 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2835 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.113 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2836 days ago · -3 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.69 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2838 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.213 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2842 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.68 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.614 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 1.9southern Idaho · 2859 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.59 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2860 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.38 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2861 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 3.15 km W of Fairview, Wyoming · 2861 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 9
  13. 1.813 km ENE of Hyde Park, Utah · 2861 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.819 km NE of Georgetown, Idaho · 2862 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.811 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2863 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 1.99 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 2865 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ixw8 (also filed as uu60308267). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.