M2.5 earthquake 19 km NNE of Georgetown, Idaho

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 19 km NNE of Georgetown, Idaho on Sun, May 5, 2019, 12:31 PM MDT (18:31 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 24 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.062 · 34 stations
2.47	Md, duration	University of Utah Seismograph Stations	Final · ±0.357 · 8 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003h34 (also filed as uu60323792). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:40 AM UTC.