The November 11, 1905 earthquake
M5.5Near Shoshone, Idaho
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake, centred in Lincoln County. The 7th strongest in Idaho’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5
- as reported (mfa)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Saturday, November 11, 1905
- 13:26 PST; 21:26 UTC
- In Idaho’s record
- 7th
- strongest of 3,958 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event uu19051111212600000 (“Near Shoshone, Idaho”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Lincoln CountyID · inside
- Gooding CountyID · 5.9 mi
- Jerome CountyID · 6.8 mi
- Twin Falls CountyID · 18.2 mi
- Camas CountyID · 21.6 mi
- Blaine CountyID · 21.6 mi
- Elmore CountyID · 27.2 mi
- Owyhee CountyID · 28.7 mi
- Minidoka CountyID · 30.3 mi
- Cassia CountyID · 34.5 mi
Cities, largest first
- Twin FallsID · 23.3 mi
- JeromeID · 12.6 mi
- BurleyID · 43.8 mi
- HaileyID · 43.5 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
No earthquake of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.