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Wyoming earthquakes in 1982

5 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Wyoming in 1982. The largest: M3.6 20 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming, May 30, 1982.

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

19811983

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Where every quake of 1982 was located in Wyoming. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1982

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 19820
February 19820
March 198213.60 km NNE of Freedom, Idaho
April 19820
May 198213.620 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming
June 19820
July 198213.034 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho
August 198213.215 km SW of Lander, Wyoming
September 19820
October 198213.52 km NW of Freedom, Idaho
November 19820
December 19820

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.

Nearby

Wyoming nowWorldwide in 1982

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.