M2.3 earthquake 3 km NE of Yellow Pine, Idaho
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Yellow Pine, Idaho on Sat, Feb 23, 2019, 10:57 PM MST (05:57 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-24 05:57:19 UTC
- Depth
- 15.1 km (9.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.990° N, 115.467° W
- Region
- Idaho
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.081 · 20 stations |
| 2.49 | ML, local (Richter) | Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology | Final · ±0.408 · 9 stations |
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 2.1 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.07 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 2774 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.923 km N of Lowman, Idaho · 2770 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Cascade, Idaho · 2767 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Salmon, Idaho · 2734 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jmau (also filed as mb80336534). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC.