M2.1 earthquake 9 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho on Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 4:36 PM MST (23:36 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 14 km ESE of Alpine, Wyoming. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-28 23:36:12 UTC
- Depth
- 5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.563° N, 111.421° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.611 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3170 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3169 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 3.514 km ESE of Alpine, Wyoming · 3166 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 47
- 2.04 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3166 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of Cornish, Utah · 3163 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.63 km SSE of Weston, Idaho · 3163 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 1.83 km SSE of Weston, Idaho · 3162 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.23 km SSE of Weston, Idaho · 3162 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3162 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3161 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.411 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3159 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3157 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.413 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3152 days ago · -3 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.211 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3148 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3148 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.913 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3145 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.78 km SSW of Hoback, Wyoming · 3145 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.713 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3145 days ago · -2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.55 km N of Etna, Wyoming · 3144 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3143 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.513 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3142 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3137 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km W of Fairview, Wyoming · 3131 days ago · -3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.813 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3120 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.818 km NE of Georgetown, Idaho · 3119 days ago · -3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.312 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3113 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.712 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3113 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3110 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 2.310 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3170 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3171 days ago · -3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.611 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3172 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3172 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.410 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3172 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.010 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3172 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3172 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.36 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3173 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 20
- 2.010 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3173 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.810 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3173 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.111 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3173 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
- 4.45 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3173 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 689
- 1.511 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3179 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.010 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3179 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.85 km NNE of Grace, Idaho · 3182 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.013 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3183 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 2.08 km WNW of Plymouth, Utah · 3185 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.913 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3188 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.214 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3188 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 2.411 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3191 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
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