M2.4 earthquake 3 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 3 km NW of Stanley, Idaho on Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 5:16 AM MDT (11:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 15 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-05 11:16:35 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.243° N, 114.970° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 125°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.89 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2920 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6southern Idaho · 2920 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Stanley, Idaho · 2920 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 2920 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 2920 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.69 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2919 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Challis, Idaho · 2919 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.68 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2916 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.49 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2916 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.633 km W of Challis, Idaho · 2907 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.634 km NW of Mackay, Idaho · 2904 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.320 km WNW of Mackay, Idaho · 2899 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2893 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.76 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2893 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 2891 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.26 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2891 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.72 km N of Challis, Idaho · 2879 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.125 km SSW of Clayton, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.69 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 2875 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.115 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 2874 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 2874 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Challis, Idaho · 2868 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 1.625 km N of Lowman, Idaho · 2863 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.321 km SSE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 2862 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.924 km N of Lowman, Idaho · 2861 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 2.18 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2920 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.610 km SE of Challis, Idaho · 2928 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.634 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 2933 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.434 km NE of Challis, Idaho · 2937 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.813 km SE of Challis, Idaho · 2939 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 2.339 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80312494. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC.