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Idaho earthquakes in 1986

64 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Idaho in 1986. The largest: M4.6 24 km SE of Stanley, Idaho, Sep 26, 1986.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19851987

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Where every quake of 1986 was located in Idaho. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1986

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 3.223 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming · 5 km deep
  2. 3.038 km S of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  3. 3.09 km NNW of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  4. 2.815 km SSE of Challis, Idaho · 5 km deep
  5. 3.231 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  6. 3.09 km E of Georgetown, Idaho · 0 km deep
  7. 3.37 km NW of Soda Springs, Idaho · 5 km deep
  8. 3.029 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  9. 3.327 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  10. 3.830 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  11. 3.021 km SSW of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  12. 3.527 km ESE of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  13. 3.626 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  14. 3.925 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  15. 3.930 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  16. 3.132 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  17. 3.029 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  18. 3.627 km WNW of Mackay, Idaho · 5 km deep
  19. 3.832 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  20. 3.322 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  21. 3.325 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  22. 4.624 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  23. 4.326 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  24. 3.727 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  25. 3.424 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  26. 3.524 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  27. 3.131 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  28. 4.025 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  29. 3.431 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  30. 3.526 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  31. 3.525 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  32. 3.430 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  33. 4.027 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  34. 3.326 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  35. 4.022 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  36. 3.427 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  37. 3.924 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  38. 3.225 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  39. 2.816 km NE of Franklin, Idaho · 0 km deep
  40. 3.217 km NE of Franklin, Idaho · -2 km deep
  41. 2.55 km SW of Clifton, Idaho · 13 km deep
  42. 3.411 km NE of Bennington, Idaho · 6 km deep
  43. 3.521 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  44. 3.66 km S of Cascade, Idaho · 5 km deep
  45. 3.211 km SSE of Cascade, Idaho · 5 km deep
  46. 3.135 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho · 5 km deep
  47. 2.539 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  48. 2.631 km ESE of Leadore, Idaho · 5 km deep
  49. 2.89 km S of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  50. 3.022 km SSE of Challis, Idaho · 5 km deep
  51. 3.524 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  52. 3.019 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  53. 4.119 km SSE of Challis, Idaho · 5 km deep
  54. 3.110 km S of Challis, Idaho · 5 km deep
  55. 2.614 km ESE of Snowville, Utah · 2 km deep
  56. 3.713 km NNE of Challis, Idaho · 5 km deep
  57. 3.013 km NNE of Georgetown, Idaho · 5 km deep
  58. 2.715 km SSE of Challis, Idaho · 5 km deep
  59. 2.819 km ESE of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  60. 2.57 km SW of Bennington, Idaho · 2 km deep
  61. 3.319 km SE of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  62. 3.736 km ESE of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  63. 4.037 km NW of Mackay, Idaho · 5 km deep
  64. 3.16 km S of Challis, Idaho · 5 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1986 in Idaho.

  1. 4.624 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  2. 4.326 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  3. 4.119 km SSE of Challis, Idaho · 5 km deep
  4. 4.025 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  5. 4.027 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  6. 4.022 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  7. 4.037 km NW of Mackay, Idaho · 5 km deep
  8. 3.925 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  9. 3.930 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  10. 3.924 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  11. 3.830 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  12. 3.832 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  13. 3.727 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  14. 3.713 km NNE of Challis, Idaho · 5 km deep
  15. 3.736 km ESE of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  16. 3.626 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  17. 3.627 km WNW of Mackay, Idaho · 5 km deep
  18. 3.66 km S of Cascade, Idaho · 5 km deep
  19. 3.527 km ESE of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  20. 3.524 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  21. 3.526 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  22. 3.525 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep
  23. 3.521 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  24. 3.524 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 5 km deep
  25. 3.424 km SE of Stanley, Idaho · 5 km deep

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 198654.037 km NW of Mackay, Idaho
February 198643.713 km NNE of Challis, Idaho
March 198623.110 km S of Challis, Idaho
April 198674.119 km SSE of Challis, Idaho
May 198613.135 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho
June 19860
July 198643.66 km S of Cascade, Idaho
August 198633.217 km NE of Franklin, Idaho
September 1986214.624 km SE of Stanley, Idaho
October 198653.925 km SE of Stanley, Idaho
November 198673.830 km SSE of Stanley, Idaho
December 198653.223 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

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Idaho nowWorldwide in 1986

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.