Idaho earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 11 km NE of Lima, Montana

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 11 km NE of Lima, Montana on Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 12:33 PM MDT (18:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km NE of Lima, Montana. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Local time
UTC
2019-04-09 18:33:32 UTC
Depth
9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
44.721° N, 112.507° W
Region
Idaho
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.99 km ENE of Lima, Montana · 2735 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.011 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2735 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.310 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2735 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.42 km E of Lima, Montana · 2735 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.210 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2734 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 3.010 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2734 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.310 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2734 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.410 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2734 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.610 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2734 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.632 km ENE of Leadore, Idaho · 2733 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 1.7Idaho-Montana border region · 2732 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 3.011 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2732 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.811 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2731 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.617 km S of Pony, Montana · 2730 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.918 km S of Pony, Montana · 2730 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.410 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2730 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.918 km NW of Ennis, Montana · 2723 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.617 km S of Pony, Montana · 2721 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.25 km ENE of Lima, Montana · 2718 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.432 km ENE of Leadore, Idaho · 2717 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 2.417 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2708 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.433 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho · 2698 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.017 km NNE of Dillon, Montana · 2692 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.330 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2691 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.129 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 2691 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.226 km ENE of Leadore, Idaho · 2676 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.311 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2735 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.210 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2735 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.410 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2735 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 3.38 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2735 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 22
  5. 4.69 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2735 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 73
  6. 2.037 km SSW of Lima, Montana · 2735 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.737 km S of Lima, Montana · 2737 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.137 km SSW of Lima, Montana · 2737 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.86 km ENE of Lima, Montana · 2737 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.023 km NE of Lima, Montana · 2751 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80339839. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC.