M2.1 earthquake 26 km ENE of Wisdom, Montana
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 26 km ENE of Wisdom, Montana on Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 11:50 PM MDT (05:50 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-26 05:50:12 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.745° N, 113.166° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.821 km N of Salmon, Idaho · 2955 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.81 km NE of Boulder, Montana · 2955 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.717 km S of Whitehall, Montana · 2951 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.933 km WNW of Twin Bridges, Montana · 2947 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.016 km S of Whitehall, Montana · 2917 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80307364. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC.