How frequent are earthquakes in or near Idaho, USA?

Idaho has relatively few earthquakes. Based on data from the past 55 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 1,900 quakes on average per year in or near Idaho, USA. However, Idaho has had at least 2 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 60 to 65 years.

How many earthquakes occur every year in or near Idaho, USA?

On average, Idaho has about 71 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher per year (Mag 4+: 3.5 quakes per year).

Volcanoes of or near Idaho, USA (9)

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Latest earthquakes: Idaho

In the past 7 days, Idaho has had 1 quake of magnitude 4.0, 1 quake of magnitude , and 5 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 44 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.

A Magnitude 0.1 earthquake occurred in 24 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana 21 hours ago.

Magnitude 0.1 Earthquake 24 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana - 21 hours ago

Date and Time	Mag / Depth	Nearest Volcano / Location
Mar 31, 09:28 am (Los Angeles) 4 hours ago	4.0 6.2 km	223 km (139 mi) S of Jordan Craters	57 km NE of Valmy, Nevada I FELT IT	Info
Mar 31, 12:03 pm (Universal Time) 9 hours ago	3.4 11 km	230 km (143 mi) S of Jordan Craters	54 km NE of Valmy, Nevada I FELT IT	Info
Friday, March 28, 2025 GMT (4 quakes)
Mar 28, 10:27 pm (Universal Time) 3 days ago	2.1 1.3 km	143 km (89 mi) SE of Hell's Half Acre	14 km SW of Georgetown, Idaho	Info
Mar 28, 04:26 pm (GMT -6) 3 days ago	2.6 1.3 km	135 km (84 mi) SE of Hell's Half Acre	17 km SE of Grace, Idaho I FELT IT	Info
Mar 28, 09:46 pm (Universal Time) 3 days ago	2.1 5 km	131 km (81 mi) SE of Wapi Lava Field	11 km SW of Portage, Utah	Info
Mar 28, 01:51 am (Universal Time) 4 days ago	1.9 7.2 km	146 km (91 mi) SE of Hell's Half Acre	18 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming	Info
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 25, 08:25 pm (GMT -6) 6 days ago	2.9 15 km	130 km (81 mi) NW of Shoshone	11 km W of Stanley, Idaho I FELT IT	Info
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 25, 04:18 am (GMT -6) 6 days ago	2.6 10 km	130 km (81 mi) NW of Shoshone	9 km W of Stanley, Idaho I FELT IT - 1 report	Info

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Volcano List

Blackfoot Lava Field

(Pyroclastic cone(s) 2185 m / 7169 ft)

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Cerro Grande

(Fissure vent(s) unknown)

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Craters of the Moon

(cinder cones 2005 m / 6,578 ft)

North Crater in winter (NPS photo)

The Craters of the Moon are located at the NW end of the largest lava field of the Snake River Plain in Idaho, USA. The volcanic field contains over 60 lava flows, 25 cinder cones up to 250-m high, and 8 eruptive fissure systems, and covers an area of 1600 km2.
The Craters ... [more info]

Hell's Half Acre

(shield volcano 1631 m / 5,351 ft)

Hell's Half Acre is the easternmost and second largest of the young basaltic lava fields of the Snake River Plain, Idaho. It covers an area of about 400 sq km SW of Idaho Falls. The last eruptions occurred about 5200 years ago. [more info]

Menan Buttes

(Tuff cone(s) 1713 m / 5620 ft)

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Mountain Home-Kuna Lava Field

(Pyroclastic cone(s) 1040 m / 3412 ft)

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Shoshone

(shield volcano 1478 m / 4,849 ft)

The Shoshone or Black Butte lava field is the westernmost of the young lava fields of the Eastern Snake River Plain. It lies north of Twin Falls, Idaho and created an L-shaped lava flow 2-to-5 km in width that extends 60 km S and then west.
The last activity from Shoshone ... [more info]

Sinker Butte

(Shield 1012 m / 3320 ft)

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Wapi Lava Field

(shield volcano 1604 m / 5,262 ft)

Kings Bowl and Great Rift from air. King's Bowl is a phreatic explosion pit 280 feet (90 m) long, 100 feet (30 m) wide, and 100 feet (30 m) deep, caused by lava meeting groundwater and producing a steam explosion 2,200 years ago. (NPS photo)

The Wapi lava field, SE of the Craters of the Moon, Idaho, is a low shield volcano that formed during an eruption about 2250 years ago, which produced about 6 cubic km of fluid pahoehoe lava flows. It covers about 325 km2, and consists of a low shield volcano, which partly overla... [more info]