M1.7 earthquake 8 km SSW of Hoback, Wyoming
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of Hoback, Wyoming on Thu, Feb 22, 2018, 4:57 AM MST (11:57 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 12 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-22 11:57:00 UTC
- Depth
- 1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.206° N, 110.810° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 11
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 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.713 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3147 days ago · -2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.55 km N of Etna, Wyoming · 3146 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3145 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.513 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3138 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km W of Fairview, Wyoming · 3132 days ago · -3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.813 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3122 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.810 km E of Alta, Wyoming · 3121 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.818 km NE of Georgetown, Idaho · 3120 days ago · -3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.85 km ENE of Teton Village, Wyoming · 3117 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.010 km E of Alta, Wyoming · 3115 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.312 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3114 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.712 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3114 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.67 km E of Kelly, Wyoming · 3112 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.89 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3105 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.913 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.412 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
- 1.813 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3103 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.111 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.613 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3102 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.916 km ENE of Bondurant, Wyoming · 3101 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.810 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3100 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3100 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3100 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.914 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3098 days ago · -3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.39 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3098 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3094 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.313 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3091 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.212 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3090 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3089 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 2.913 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3147 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3150 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3150 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.211 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3152 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.413 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3153 days ago · -3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.835 km E of Kelly, Wyoming · 3156 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3159 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.411 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 3160 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3162 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.78 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3163 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.04 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3167 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.514 km ESE of Alpine, Wyoming · 3168 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 47
- 1.66 km SSW of Victor, Idaho · 3169 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3170 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.611 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3171 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3171 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.310 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3172 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3173 days ago · -3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.611 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3173 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3173 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
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