M1.6 earthquake 13 km NNW of Ennis, Montana
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km NNW of Ennis, Montana on Mon, May 24, 2021, 8:44 AM MDT (14:44 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 30 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-24 14:44:02 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.467° N, 111.765° W
- Region
- Montana
- 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, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.57 km WSW of Ennis, Montana · 1954 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.617 km W of Pony, Montana · 1953 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.317 km N of Dillon, Montana · 1951 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.58 km ENE of Toston, Montana · 1948 days ago · -3 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Ponderosa Pines, Montana · 1944 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Ponderosa Pines, Montana · 1944 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.538 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 1942 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.22 km SE of Three Forks, Montana · 1931 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.718 km NNE of Dillon, Montana · 1928 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.57 km NNE of Big Sky, Montana · 1926 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.69 km E of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 1924 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.95 km ESE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 1923 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Elkhorn, Montana · 1920 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.82 km N of Pony, Montana · 1919 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.615 km ESE of Harrison, Montana · 1915 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.730 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 1912 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.316 km SSW of Radersburg, Montana · 1912 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.127 km W of Dillon, Montana · 1911 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.618 km NNE of Dillon, Montana · 1911 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 1909 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.212 km NNW of Ennis, Montana · 1908 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.523 km SE of Virginia City, Montana · 1905 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 1.821 km N of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 1903 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 1902 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.628 km S of Ennis, Montana · 1901 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 2.113 km NNW of Ennis, Montana · 1960 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.313 km NNW of Ennis, Montana · 1960 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.412 km NNW of Ennis, Montana · 1960 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Twin Bridges, Montana · 1968 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.52 km NW of Alder, Montana · 1977 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Alder, Montana · 1977 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.14 km NNW of Alder, Montana · 1977 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.23 km NW of Alder, Montana · 1977 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.523 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 1987 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.341 km NW of Island Park, Idaho · 1988 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Radersburg, Montana · 1989 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Radersburg, Montana · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Radersburg, Montana · 1989 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80505374. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC.