Our weekly check-in with this active area shows another eight small earthquakes in the last 24 hours. DOZENS of earthquakes have rattled central Idaho in recent weeks and although not rare, the number of quakes is far more than normal.

According to the USGS, these are the latest quakes in Idaho that are 2.5 magnitude or greater:

  1. 2.9 (66km WSW of Challis, Idaho)

    2020-05-17 20:24:25 (UTC)

  2. 2.6 (66km ESE of Cascade, Idaho)

    2020-05-17 17:47:47 (UTC)

  3. 2.5 (72km WSW of Challis, Idaho)

    2020-05-17 17:30:52 (UTC)

  4. 2.8 (69km WSW of Challis, Idaho)

    2020-05-17 15:57:50 (UTC)

  5. 2.8 (72km NE of Idaho City, Idaho)

    2020-05-17 12:25:00 (UTC)

  6. 2.5 (65km WSW of Challis, Idaho)

    2020-05-17 10:37:13 (UTC)

  7. 3.3 (75km WSW of Challis, Idaho)

    2020-05-17 03:21:47 (UTC)

  8. 3.1 (63km WSW of Challis, Idaho)

    2020-05-17 02:38:55 (UTC)

     

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