M1.8 earthquake 16 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho on Wed, Aug 25, 2021, 8:37 AM MDT (14:37 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 16 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-25 14:37:04 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.445° N, 111.564° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.712 km ESE of Millville, Utah · 1866 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.019 km NE of Georgetown, Idaho · 1853 days ago · -3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.316 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming · 1841 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 1830 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.520 km NW of Paris, Idaho · 1826 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.621 km SSW of Irwin, Idaho · 1822 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.916 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 1810 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 3.416 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 1810 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 23
- 2.119 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho · 1807 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 2.417 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 1867 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.310 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1871 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1872 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1874 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.91 km E of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming · 1881 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Alpine, Wyoming · 1894 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60454827. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC.