Wyoming earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 18 km W of Fairview, Wyoming

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 18 km W of Fairview, Wyoming on Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 12:29 AM MST (07:29 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-01-04 07:29:37 UTC
Depth
12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.675° N, 111.212° W
Region
Wyoming
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 8.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
43

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j0aa (also filed as uu60308872). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC.