Earthquakes in Davis County, Utah
The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Davis County was M 3.5, 4 km NNW of West Valley City, Utah, 38 km (23 mi) SSE of the centre of Davis County, at 6:32 pm MST on 13 February 2026, 9 km deep. 4,122 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking at the centre of Davis County was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 6 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Davis County since.
No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Davis County in the 24 hours to 3:10 am MST on 14 November 2026.
- Last 24 hours
- 0
- Last 7 days
- 0
- Last 30 days
- 0 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 4.0
- Last 12 months
- 8 · largest M 3.5 on 13 February 2026
- Since 2016
- 523 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- Largest since 2016
- M 5.7 on 18 March 2020, 5 km NNE of Magna, Utah
- Nearest mapped fault
- Great Salt Lake fault, 8 km from the centre to its surface trace
USGS via the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to ; the latest quake and the 24-hour and 7-day counts are read again from the USGS feed as this page opens · earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 50 km (31 mi) of the centre of Davis County · shaking is estimated for the centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses
Earthquakes are rare here
517 earthquakes of M1.5 or larger have been recorded within 50 km in 10 years, and most weeks have none. There have been none in the last 7 days.
With so few, a QuakeIndex score — this week as a percentile of Davis County, Utah's own weeks — would only say whether anything happened at all, so none is shown. That is a statement about Davis County, Utah, not about our data.
USGS catalogue · updated
If you felt one
- Was that an earthquake? — checks what was recorded near you in the last hour
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- Expect aftershocks, and be ready to Drop, Cover, and Hold On if you feel one; if you are in a damaged building, go outside and move away from it (Ready.gov, FEMA; what to do during and after an earthquake)
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings or forecasts. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert and the MyShake app.
The last 30 days
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Live · last 7 days
Latest earthquakes within 50 km
None within 50 km in the latest snapshot we hold; the full 7 days load from USGS as this page opens.
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The centre is 41.038, -112.202, the Census internal point of Davis County, Utah from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity on this page is measured within 50 km of it — the dashed circle.
Largest on record nearby
The strongest shaking this record implies at the centre of Davis County, Utah is intensity V (moderate), from the M 5.7 of 2020, 34 km away. At that level nearly everyone notices; some objects fall and plaster can crack.
| Magnitude | When | Where | Shaking here (est.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| M 5.7 | 5 km NNE of Magna, Utah · felt by 26,376 | V · Moderate | |
| M 4.6 | 6 km NNE of Magna, Utah · felt by 1,406 | III · Weak | |
| M 4.6 | 5 km NE of Magna, Utah · felt by 3,147 | III · Weak | |
| M 4.2 | 4 km NE of Magna, Utah · felt by 6,730 | III · Weak | |
| M 4.2 | 1 km NNW of Magna, Utah · felt by 1 | III · Weak | |
| M 4.2 | 4 km NE of Magna, Utah · felt by 7,104 | III · Weak | |
| M 4.0 | 4 km NNE of Magna, Utah · felt by 13 | III · Weak | |
| M 3.9 | 4 km NNE of Magna, Utah · felt by 33 | III · Weak |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · within 50 km of the centre above. Shaking is an estimate for the centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. Ground conditions change it locally; it is a description of the past, not a hazard rating.
Before 2016
The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of the centre of Davis County, Utah:
- 5.0 1 km NE of Magna, Utah · 37 km SSE of the centre
USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.
Nearest mapped faults
- Great Salt Lake fault, 8 km from the centre of Davis County, Utah to its surface trace
- Wasatch fault, 25 km from the centre of Davis County, Utah to its surface trace
- West Valley fault, 35 km from the centre of Davis County, Utah to its surface trace
- Morgan fault, 42 km from the centre of Davis County, Utah to its surface trace
USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database, within 50 km. Near is not the same as on, and faults with no surface trace are not in it.
Town pages near Davis County, Utah
Ogden 28 km · 6 M2.5+ named after it · Bountiful 32 km · 0 M2.5+ named after it · North Ogden 36 km · 0 M2.5+ named after it · Magna 37 km · 69 M2.5+ named after it · Salt Lake City 40 km · 3 M2.5+ named after it · West Valley City 42 km · 5 M2.5+ named after it · Kearns 45 km · 0 M2.5+ named after it · Taylorsville 47 km · 0 M2.5+ named after it · Millcreek 48 km · 0 M2.5+ named after it · Murray 49 km · 0 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).
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.
- Ready.gov: earthquakes (FEMA) — what to do before, during and after, including Drop, Cover, and Hold On
- Build a kit (FEMA) — water, food and supplies for several days; our summary
- USGS: preparedness — the hazard behind the advice, from the agency that records every quake on this page
- The Great ShakeOut — the yearly earthquake drill, with material for homes, schools and workplaces