M2.2 earthquake 7 km E of Bancroft, Idaho
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 7 km E of Bancroft, Idaho on Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 4:47 AM MDT (10:47 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 southern Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-28 10:47:39 UTC
- Depth
- -2.1 km (-1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.728° N, 111.791° W
- Region
- Idaho
- 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 0.6 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.91 km WNW of Franklin, Idaho · 1980 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 8
- 1.810 km E of Franklin, Idaho · 1979 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.2southern Idaho · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72 km WNW of Franklin, Idaho · 1959 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Portage, Utah · 1954 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.113 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 1944 days ago · -2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.712 km W of Bloomington, Idaho · 1939 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60434387. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:10 AM UTC.