M2.3 earthquake 23 km SW of Mammoth, Wyoming
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 23 km SW of Mammoth, Wyoming on Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 11:50 PM MDT (05:50 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 72 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-05 05:50:51 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.811° N, 110.879° W
- Region
- Montana
- 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.746 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho · 2920 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.531 km ESE of Island Park, Idaho · 2920 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.545 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming · 2918 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.745 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho · 2916 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2913 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.53 km ESE of Big Sky, Montana · 2911 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.011 km NNE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2911 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.212 km NNE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2910 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.818 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2907 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.518 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2907 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.772 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2905 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.123 km SW of Mammoth, Wyoming · 2904 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.646 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2902 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.026 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2896 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2891 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.58 km ENE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2891 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.88 km ENE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2891 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2891 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2891 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.08 km ENE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2891 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2891 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2891 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2887 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Mammoth, Wyoming · 2887 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.611 km NNE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2883 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2875 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.622 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming · 2874 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.124 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming · 2872 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.325 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming · 2872 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.924 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming · 2872 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.623 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming · 2872 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.648 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2868 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 2.713 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2922 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.734 km S of Silver Gate, Montana · 2927 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Bozeman, Montana · 2929 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.647 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho · 2931 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.754 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2937 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.714 km S of West Yellowstone, Montana · 2940 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.035 km ESE of Island Park, Idaho · 2943 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.925 km ESE of Mammoth, Wyoming · 2945 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.944 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2946 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.640 km S of Silver Gate, Montana · 2949 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.639 km S of Silver Gate, Montana · 2949 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60299842. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:54 PM UTC.