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Earthquakes near Four Corners, MT

No earthquake was likely felt in Four Corners in the 24 hours to 9:44 am MST (16:44 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 15 km (9 mi) N, at 7:42 am MDT on 1 June 2024, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 20 felt reports to USGS.

M 3.0

Latest: 7:42 am MDT on 1 June 2024 · 15 km (9 mi) N of Four Corners, MT

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Four Corners was M 3.0, 15 km (9 mi) N of Four Corners, MT, at 7:42 am MDT on 1 June 2024, 13 km deep. 20 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Four Corners was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 5 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Four Corners since; the newest is first in the list below.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of Four Corners in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 1.9
Last 12 months
1 · largest M 1.7 on 9 June 2026
Since 2016
252 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 4.2 on 15 August 2019, 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
Reported felt
56 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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The last 30 days

Oct 13 Oct 28 Nov 11
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

The latest 50

  1. 1.7 14 km (8 mi) WNW of Four Corners, MT
  2. 1.6 12 km (7 mi) NW of Four Corners, MT
  3. 1.7 17 km (10 mi) SE of Four Corners, MT
  4. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  5. 2.0 28 km (18 mi) NNE of Four Corners, MT
  6. 3.0 15 km (9 mi) N of Four Corners, MT · felt by 20
  7. 1.5 10 km (6 mi) W of Four Corners, MT
  8. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) SW of Four Corners, MT
  9. 1.6 30 km (19 mi) N of Four Corners, MT
  10. 1.6 16 km (10 mi) WNW of Four Corners, MT
  11. 2.0 28 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  12. 1.5 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  13. 1.5 24 km (15 mi) NW of Four Corners, MT · felt by 1
  14. 1.7 13 km (8 mi) NW of Four Corners, MT
  15. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NW of Four Corners, MT
  16. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  17. 2.2 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  18. 1.6 50 km (31 mi) WSW of Four Corners, MT
  19. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  20. 2.6 13 km (8 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT · felt by 12
  21. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT · felt by 2
  22. 2.0 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  23. 2.3 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  24. 1.9 8 km (5 mi) W of Four Corners, MT
  25. 1.5 30 km (19 mi) N of Four Corners, MT
  26. 2.0 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  27. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  28. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  29. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  30. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  31. 1.5 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  32. 2.7 26 km (16 mi) NW of Four Corners, MT · felt by 58
  33. 1.8 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  34. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  35. 2.2 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT · felt by 2
  36. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  37. 1.8 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  38. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  39. 1.5 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  40. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  41. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  42. 2.1 26 km (16 mi) NW of Four Corners, MT · felt by 2
  43. 2.0 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  44. 1.8 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  45. 2.0 22 km (14 mi) WSW of Four Corners, MT
  46. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  47. 2.2 25 km (16 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT · felt by 1
  48. 1.5 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT
  49. 2.5 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT · felt by 5
  50. 2.3 25 km (16 mi) NNW of Four Corners, MT · felt by 5

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Four Corners time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Four Corners are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

The white circle is Four Corners; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in Four Corners

The strongest shaking in Four Corners from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 4.2 on 15 August 2019, 29 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in Four Corners (est.)
M 4.2 29 kmIII · Weak · felt by 445
M 4.1 28 kmIII · Weak · felt by 744
M 3.6 26 kmIII · Weak · felt by 109
M 3.7 29 kmIII · Weak · felt by 570
M 2.6 13 kmII · Weak · felt by 12

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Four Corners:

  1. 5.4 Clarkston Valley, Montana (Aftershock) · 49 km N of Four Corners

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearby towns

Bozeman 12 km · Belgrade 13 km · Manhattan 25 km · Three Forks 38 km

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