Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Butte
Butte, Montana, United States · population 34,190. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days1M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year49M2.5+
Since 1900105M4.5+, 12 of them M6+
How often M6+10 yraverage gap between M6+ quakes
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Butte. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 7.2 The 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake Aug 18, 1959
- 6.9 The 1983 Borah Peak Earthquake, Idaho Oct 28, 1983
- 6.6 The 1925 Clarkston Valley, Montana Earthquake Jun 28, 1925
- 6.5 Stanley, Idaho Mar 31, 2020
- 6.5 14 km N of Madison Junction, Wyoming Aug 18, 1959
- 6.4 Clarkston Valley, Montana (Aftershock) Jun 28, 1925
- 6.3 22 km SW of Mammoth, Wyoming Aug 18, 1959
- 6.1 The 1935 Helena, Montana Earthquakes (Mainshock) Oct 19, 1935
- 6.1 30 km SSW of Big Sky, Montana Nov 23, 1947
- 6.1 37 km N of Stanley, Idaho Jul 12, 1944
The latest nearby
- 3.1 12 km N of Ovando, Montana Oct 5, 2026
- 3.7 7 km NNW of Black Eagle, Montana Sep 18, 2026
- 2.7 10 km WNW of Wisdom, Montana Sep 12, 2026
- 3.2 22 km NW of Stanley, Idaho Sep 12, 2026
- 2.8 3 km ESE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana Sep 8, 2026
- 2.7 57 km NE of Kelly, Wyoming Sep 7, 2026
- 3.4 57 km NE of Kelly, Wyoming Sep 7, 2026
- 3.3 21 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho Sep 6, 2026
- 2.9 4 km NNE of Stanley, Idaho Sep 5, 2026
- 3.2 3 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana Aug 28, 2026
- 2.8 23 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho Aug 12, 2026
- 3.3 39 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming Jul 16, 2026
- 2.6 31 km ENE of Seeley Lake, Montana Jul 13, 2026
- 2.7 48 km NE of Spencer, Idaho Jul 1, 2026
- 3.3 18 km S of Lima, Montana Jul 1, 2026