The November 18, 1937 earthquake
M5.4near Oakley, Idaho
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake, centred in Cassia County. The 9th strongest in Idaho’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, November 18, 1937
- 17:50 MST; 00:50 UTC on Nov 19, 1937
- In Idaho’s record
- 9th
- strongest of 3,958 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis1186 (“15 km S of Oakley, 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
- Cassia CountyID · inside
- Box Elder CountyUT · 10.3 mi
- Elko CountyNV · 10.3 mi
- Twin Falls CountyID · 20.9 mi
- Minidoka CountyID · 30.1 mi
- Jerome CountyID · 30.1 mi
- Blaine CountyID · 45.0 mi
- Lincoln CountyID · 46.4 mi
- Oneida CountyID · 46.7 mi
- Power CountyID · 48.6 mi
Cities, largest first
- Twin FallsID · 43.0 mi
- BurleyID · 30.7 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
1 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.