M3.1 earthquake 15 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho on Tue, Nov 20, 2018, 12:11 AM MST (07:11 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
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-20 07:11:38 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.353° N, 114.983° W
- Region
- Idaho
- Felt reports
- 1
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.244 · 31 stations |
| 3.05 | ML, local (Richter) | Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology | Final · ±0.244 · 31 stations |
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.69 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Challis, Idaho · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
- 1.625 km N of Lowman, Idaho · 2865 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.321 km SSE of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 2864 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.924 km N of Lowman, Idaho · 2863 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Clayton, Idaho · 2861 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619 km NW of Clayton, Idaho · 2858 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.111 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 2856 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.624 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 2854 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.420 km SE of Challis, Idaho · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Clayton, Idaho · 2834 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.7southern Idaho · 2833 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.933 km E of Cascade, Idaho · 2820 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 1.69 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 2876 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.125 km SSW of Clayton, Idaho · 2877 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.72 km N of Challis, Idaho · 2881 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.26 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2893 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 2893 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.76 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2895 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.65 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2895 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.320 km WNW of Mackay, Idaho · 2900 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.634 km NW of Mackay, Idaho · 2905 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hubi (also filed as mb80325219). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC.