M2.4 earthquake 16 km WNW of Pony, Montana
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Pony, Montana on Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 5:47 PM MDT (23:47 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-24 23:47:24 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.698° N, 112.103° W
- Region
- Montana
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.066 · 30 stations |
| 2.62 | ML, local (Richter) | Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology | Final · ±0.29 · 22 stations |
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 1.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.917 km S of Whitehall, Montana · 2992 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.84 km W of Ponderosa Pines, Montana · 2992 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.617 km S of Whitehall, Montana · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.217 km S of Whitehall, Montana · 2984 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.96 km NE of Logan, Montana · 2976 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.78 km SSW of Dillon, MT · 2974 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.126 km ENE of Wisdom, Montana · 2961 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.46 km W of Willow Creek, Montana · 2956 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.81 km NE of Boulder, Montana · 2955 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.37 km W of Willow Creek, Montana · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.26 km W of Willow Creek, Montana · 2953 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.717 km S of Whitehall, Montana · 2951 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Twin Bridges, Montana · 2947 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Three Forks, Montana · 2934 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 1.817 km S of Whitehall, Montana · 2993 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.915 km S of Whitehall, Montana · 2994 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
- 3.317 km S of Whitehall, Montana · 2994 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 14
- 2.615 km SSE of Elkhorn, Montana · 3000 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.88 km NE of Alder, Montana · 3011 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.817 km S of Whitehall, Montana · 3015 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.317 km SSW of Whitehall, Montana · 3015 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000gd5h (also filed as mb80303344). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC.