M1.8 earthquake 12 km N of Georgetown, Idaho
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 12 km N of Georgetown, Idaho on Sun, Jan 16, 2022, 3:31 AM MST (10:31 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 4 km N 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 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-16 10:31:57 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.599° N, 111.365° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 240°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.814 km ESE of Richmond, Utah · 1721 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.110 km ENE of Bennington, Idaho · 1715 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.218 km WSW of Alpine Northwest, Wyoming · 1699 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming · 1696 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.44 km N of Georgetown, Idaho · 1689 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.05 km NNW of Paris, Idaho · 1686 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.812 km SE of Soda Springs, Idaho · 1672 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 2.38 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming · 1734 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.69 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming · 1734 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.714 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 1745 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho · 1747 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.922 km SSW of Irwin, Idaho · 1748 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.29 km NNW of Grace, Idaho · 1751 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 2.08 km E of Grace, Idaho · 1752 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60477807. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:04 PM UTC.