The April 19, 1910 earthquake
M5.4Near Butte, Montana
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake, centred in Silver Bow County. The 16th strongest in Montana’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4
- as reported (uk)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Tuesday, April 19, 1910
- 01:30 MST; 08:30 UTC
- In Montana’s record
- 16th
- strongest of 1,459 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis502 (“Near Butte, Montana”). 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
- Silver Bow CountyMT · inside
- Jefferson CountyMT · 3.2 mi
- Deer Lodge CountyMT · 12.3 mi
- Madison CountyMT · 16.6 mi
- Powell CountyMT · 18.6 mi
- Beaverhead CountyMT · 21.3 mi
- Granite CountyMT · 30.0 mi
- Lewis and Clark CountyMT · 30.5 mi
- Broadwater CountyMT · 34.5 mi
- Gallatin CountyMT · 36.2 mi
- Ravalli CountyMT · 49.0 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
138 earthquakes 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.