Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Highland, UT

M 2.9

Latest: 5:55 pm MDT on 7 August 2026 · 12 km (7 mi) WSW of Highland, UT

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Highland was M 2.9, 12 km (7 mi) WSW of Highland, UT, at 5:55 pm MDT on 7 August 2026. 569 people reported feeling it to USGS. 2 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 93 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 17
Largest since 2016: M 3.7 on 15 February 2019, 14 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT
Reported felt: 45 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 9 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 19 minutes ago · this page 02:44 UTC

The latest 50

2.0 11 km (7 mi) W of Highland, UT · felt by 11 Sep 19, 2026
2:07 pm MDT
1.6 11 km (7 mi) WSW of Highland, UT Aug 27, 2026
3:37 pm MDT
2.9 12 km (7 mi) WSW of Highland, UT · felt by 569 Aug 7, 2026
5:55 pm MDT
1.6 12 km (7 mi) W of Highland, UT Aug 1, 2026
10:29 pm MDT
2.2 12 km (8 mi) W of Highland, UT · felt by 33 Jun 19, 2026
1:40 am MDT
1.7 14 km (9 mi) WSW of Highland, UT Jun 12, 2026
12:01 pm MDT
1.8 14 km (9 mi) W of Highland, UT Apr 8, 2026
2:33 pm MDT
1.9 11 km (7 mi) W of Highland, UT · felt by 20 Mar 4, 2026
6:14 am MST
2.2 10 km (6 mi) W of Highland, UT · felt by 187 Mar 4, 2026
3:51 am MST
1.7 11 km (7 mi) W of Highland, UT · felt by 31 Feb 11, 2026
11:44 pm MST
1.5 14 km (9 mi) WSW of Highland, UT · felt by 2 Feb 11, 2026
4:45 pm MST
2.0 12 km (8 mi) W of Highland, UT · felt by 26 Feb 6, 2026
3:11 am MST
3.5 11 km (7 mi) W of Highland, UT · felt by 2,906 Feb 5, 2026
12:53 pm MST
1.7 11 km (7 mi) W of Highland, UT Feb 2, 2026
1:56 am MST
2.0 12 km (7 mi) W of Highland, UT · felt by 73 Dec 14, 2025
6:32 am MST
1.6 11 km (7 mi) W of Highland, UT · felt by 17 Dec 13, 2025
4:42 am MST
1.6 12 km (7 mi) W of Highland, UT · felt by 2 Dec 6, 2025
11:31 am MST
1.8 17 km (10 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 5 Jul 8, 2025
7:19 pm MDT
1.8 12 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 3 Apr 17, 2025
7:38 pm MDT
1.8 11 km (7 mi) SW of Highland, UT Mar 29, 2025
4:56 pm MDT
2.1 20 km (12 mi) NE of Highland, UT Jan 18, 2025
3:28 am MST
1.6 19 km (12 mi) S of Highland, UT · felt by 2 Jan 13, 2025
3:48 am MST
2.3 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 56 Jun 15, 2024
12:05 am MDT
1.6 12 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT May 16, 2024
4:58 am MDT
1.5 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT May 10, 2024
10:24 am MDT
1.7 27 km (17 mi) E of Highland, UT Apr 10, 2024
12:23 pm MDT
1.9 13 km (8 mi) ESE of Highland, UT Oct 17, 2023
9:20 am MDT
1.5 10 km (6 mi) SSW of Highland, UT Apr 22, 2023
2:37 pm MDT
1.7 30 km (19 mi) W of Highland, UT Mar 22, 2023
12:05 pm MDT
2.1 24 km (15 mi) WNW of Highland, UT Sep 6, 2021
11:23 am MDT
1.7 28 km (17 mi) WNW of Highland, UT Jun 12, 2021
3:16 pm MDT
1.5 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT May 20, 2020
3:16 pm MDT
1.8 20 km (12 mi) ESE of Highland, UT · felt by 1 Nov 3, 2019
5:31 pm MST
2.2 25 km (15 mi) W of Highland, UT Oct 11, 2019
3:27 pm MDT
1.5 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Highland, UT Jun 4, 2019
6:31 am MDT
1.6 25 km (16 mi) ESE of Highland, UT Apr 28, 2019
9:32 pm MDT
1.7 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT Apr 14, 2019
11:18 pm MDT
1.6 12 km (7 mi) SW of Highland, UT Apr 10, 2019
8:35 pm MDT
2.4 12 km (8 mi) SW of Highland, UT · felt by 77 Apr 10, 2019
8:06 pm MDT
1.9 14 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 3 Mar 31, 2019
2:14 am MDT
2.2 14 km (9 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 35 Mar 31, 2019
1:58 am MDT
2.2 14 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 20 Mar 22, 2019
9:22 am MDT
2.3 14 km (9 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 50 Mar 22, 2019
7:36 am MDT
1.6 12 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT Mar 20, 2019
1:15 pm MDT
2.3 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 15 Mar 17, 2019
10:28 am MDT
2.5 14 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 506 Mar 5, 2019
1:04 am MST
1.8 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 1 Mar 5, 2019
12:55 am MST
1.5 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT Mar 1, 2019
1:03 pm MST
1.6 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT Feb 24, 2019
8:43 pm MST
1.6 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Highland, UT · felt by 2 Feb 24, 2019
8:33 pm MST

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Highland time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Highland are listed even when they are further out.

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The white circle is Highland; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Highland:

5.3 Near Salt Lake City, Utah · 31 km N of Highland 1910
5.0 1 km NE of Magna, Utah · 41 km NW of Highland 1962

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

Wasatch fault, 4 km from its surface trace
Utah Lake faults, 10 km from its surface trace
West Valley fault, 30 km from its surface trace

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.

Nearby towns

Lehi 6 km · Saratoga Springs 13 km · Bluffdale 14 km · Provo 24 km

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