Wyoming earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 16 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming on Mon, Nov 8, 2021, 2:46 PM MST (21:46 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 9 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2021-11-08 21:46:34 UTC
Depth
-2.9 km (-1.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.589° N, 111.138° W
Region
Wyoming
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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
179°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.516 km W of Garden, Utah · 1785 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.93 km N of Amalga, Utah · 1784 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.616 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 1783 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 1.99 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming · 1779 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.011 km WSW of Bondurant, Wyoming · 1779 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.99 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming · 1776 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.916 km SW of Wilson, Wyoming · 1763 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.812 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 1757 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.08 km E of Grace, Idaho · 1751 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.29 km NNW of Grace, Idaho · 1750 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.922 km SSW of Irwin, Idaho · 1746 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.99 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 1746 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 1.714 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 1744 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.69 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming · 1732 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.67 km WNW of Bondurant, Wyoming · 1732 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.38 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming · 1732 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 2.019 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 1795 days ago · -3 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.917 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 1799 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.215 km N of Georgetown, Idaho · 1801 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.119 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 1806 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 3.416 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 1809 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 23
  6. 2.916 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 1809 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60467247. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:03 PM UTC.