4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Just Over Wyoming Line Felt in Evanston

Cowboy State Daily, Daily Mail, USA Today, FOX 13, ABC 4 contributed to this report.

Early Thursday morning, folks in Evanston, Wyoming, and well beyond got an unexpected morning shake – and it wasn’t just the coffee machine rattling. A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck just over the Utah-Wyoming border around 7:49 a.m., sending tremors through southwest Wyoming and northern Utah.

The quake’s epicenter was roughly 25 miles south of Evanston, just inside Utah near the Wasatch National Forest. Seismographs clocked it at about 14–15 km (eight-to-nine miles) deep.

People around town were caught off guard. In Evanston, residents described shaking that varied from a brief rumble to a full wobble.

“It felt like somebody hit my bed!” one local joked – only half kidding.

In a nearby bakery, pictures on the walls gave a little shimmy as customers tried to figure out if it was an earthquake or just an overzealous truck rolling by.

It wasn’t just Evanston residents who noticed. Reports poured in from across northern Utah – from Logan down through the Salt Lake Valley and even as far south as Provo – as people at home, in cars, or sipping their morning coffee felt the ground shift under them.

Utah social media lit up with posts from folks debating whether the rumble was a train, a truck, or… yep, an earthquake. One Reddit user in Salt Lake City said their bed bounced just enough to make them do a double-take; others joked they thought pets were just extra dramatic that morning.

The United States Geological Survey and local emergency teams confirmed that no serious damage or injuries have been reported so far.

Seismologists say a quake of this size is unlikely to cause structural harm, although it’s big enough to be felt by people across a wide area – especially over soft ground or in upper stories of buildings.

Experts also stress that while this region sits within the Intermountain Seismic Belt – meaning quakes aren’t unheard of – events of this magnitude are still relatively unusual and worth studying. Listening to “Did You Feel It?” citizen reports helps geologists map shaking intensity and better understand local fault behavior.

Aftershocks are possible – and residents are encouraged to stay aware – but there’s no sign that a much larger quake is imminent.

For now, the biggest takeaway for most locals: share your “I felt it” story online, check in on your neighbors, and maybe tie down that wobbly bookshelf. Earthquake season – or at least earthquake morning – made its presence known today.