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Earthquakes in Utah

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Utah was M 2.5, 15 km NNE of Milford, Utah, at 12:10 am MST on 8 November 2026, 3 km deep. 12 smaller earthquakes have been recorded in Utah since.

In the last 24 hours, 5 earthquakes of M1.5 or more were recorded in Utah; the largest was M 2.1, 15 km NNE of Milford, Utah, at 6:44 am MST.

Last 24 hours
5
Last 7 days
68
Last 30 days
206 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 59
Last 12 months
1,103 · largest M 4.0 on 9 March 2026
Since 2016
7,787 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 5.7 on 18 March 2020, 5 km NNE of Magna, Utah

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in Utah, where USGS names the state in the location

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60 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in Utah. Normal for here is 6 to 17 in a week.

Compared against Utah's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

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The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.8–M2.3), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Largest on record in and around Utah

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 5.7 5 km NNE of Magna, Utah
M 4.7 40 km S of Evanston, Wyoming
M 4.6 6 km NNE of Magna, Utah
M 4.6 5 km NE of Magna, Utah
M 4.5 29 km E of La Sal, Utah
M 4.5 24 km S of Brian Head, Utah
M 4.4 15 km SW of Circleville, Utah
M 4.4 45 km ESE of Littlefield, Arizona

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Utah, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Before 2016: the largest in Utah since 1900

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists 26 earthquakes of M5 or more in and just off Utah; the 8 largest:

  1. 6.6 Near Marysvale, Utah
  2. 6.6 The 1934 Hansel Valley, Utah Earthquake
  3. 6.3 Near Pine Valley, Utah
  4. 5.9 35 km SSW of Howell, Utah
  5. 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada
  6. 5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah
  7. 5.8 8 km W of Garden City, Utah
  8. 5.6 Hansel Valley, Utah

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

The busiest mapped faults in Utah

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database and the QuakeIndex catalogue. Every major fault →

The most active counties in Utah

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Beaver County 907 Unusual (100)
Salt Lake County 613 Quiet (0)
Piute County 535 Elevated (80)
Cache County 250 Quiet (0)
Summit County 72 Too quiet to score
Millard County 37 Too quiet to score

Counted within each county page's own radius from the QuakeIndex catalogue (USGS, M1.5+, ten years).

Towns in Utah with the most earthquakes named after them

Magna 69 M2.5+ named after it · Cedar City 34 M2.5+ named after it · Beaver 29 M2.5+ named after it · Monroe 22 M2.5+ named after it · Milford 19 M2.5+ named after it · Richfield 19 M2.5+ named after it · Panguitch 18 M2.5+ named after it · Enoch 18 M2.5+ named after it · Saint George 18 M2.5+ named after it · Brigham City 16 M2.5+ named after it · Tremonton 14 M2.5+ named after it · Enterprise 14 M2.5+ named after it · Logan 10 M2.5+ named after it · Ephraim 9 M2.5+ named after it · Ogden 6 M2.5+ named after it

Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Counties in Utah

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.