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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near LaVerkin, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in LaVerkin in the 24 hours to 4:45 am MST (11:45 UTC). The last one was M 2.4, 16 km (10 mi) NW, at 11:59 pm MST on 5 March 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town.

M 2.9

Latest: 10:33 pm MDT on 23 July 2024 · 26 km (16 mi) SW of LaVerkin, UT

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near LaVerkin was M 2.9, 26 km (16 mi) SW of LaVerkin, UT, at 10:33 pm MDT on 23 July 2024, 18 km deep. 233 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in LaVerkin was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 35 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near LaVerkin since; the newest is first in the list below.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of LaVerkin in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
1
Last 30 days
1 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 1.0
Last 12 months
11 · largest M 2.4 on 5 March 2026
Since 2016
132 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.9 on 1 December 2023, 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
Reported felt
10 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Hurricane fault, under 1 km from its surface trace

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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The last 30 days

Oct 14 Oct 29 Nov 12
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

The latest 50

  1. 1.7 9 km (5 mi) N of LaVerkin, UT
  2. 2.1 25 km (16 mi) NW of LaVerkin, UT
  3. 1.5 12 km (8 mi) WSW of LaVerkin, UT
  4. 1.6 12 km (8 mi) WSW of LaVerkin, UT
  5. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  6. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  7. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  8. 1.9 28 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  9. 1.6 9 km (6 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  10. 2.4 16 km (10 mi) NW of LaVerkin, UT
  11. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  12. 2.0 28 km (17 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  13. 1.5 22 km (14 mi) WSW of LaVerkin, UT
  14. 1.9 19 km (12 mi) NW of LaVerkin, UT
  15. 1.5 20 km (13 mi) NW of LaVerkin, UT
  16. 1.8 7 km (4 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  17. 2.0 28 km (17 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  18. 2.4 28 km (17 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  19. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  20. 2.2 28 km (17 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  21. 2.3 27 km (17 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  22. 1.6 28 km (18 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  23. 2.0 7 km (4 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  24. 1.6 7 km (4 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  25. 1.6 7 km (4 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  26. 1.6 7 km (4 mi) N of LaVerkin, UT
  27. 1.7 7 km (4 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  28. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) E of LaVerkin, UT
  29. 2.4 28 km (17 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  30. 2.4 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  31. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  32. 2.0 7 km (4 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  33. 1.9 7 km (4 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  34. 1.7 7 km (4 mi) NNW of LaVerkin, UT
  35. 1.9 20 km (12 mi) NW of LaVerkin, UT
  36. 2.9 26 km (16 mi) SW of LaVerkin, UT · felt by 233
  37. 2.3 25 km (15 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  38. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) S of LaVerkin, UT
  39. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  40. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  41. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  42. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  43. 3.5 25 km (16 mi) E of LaVerkin, UT · felt by 97
  44. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  45. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  46. 2.2 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  47. 2.4 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  48. 2.0 28 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  49. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT
  50. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NNE of LaVerkin, UT

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 LaVerkin time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after LaVerkin are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in LaVerkin

The strongest shaking in LaVerkin from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 3.9 on 1 December 2023, 29 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in LaVerkin (est.)
M 3.9 29 kmIII · Weak · felt by 286
M 3.5 25 kmII · Weak · felt by 97
M 2.0 7 kmII · Weak
M 2.0 7 kmII · Weak
M 1.9 7 kmII · Weak

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

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

  1. 6.3 Near Pine Valley, Utah · 30 km NW of LaVerkin
  2. 5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 23 km WSW of LaVerkin

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

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

Nearby towns

Hurricane 3 km · Saint George 30 km · Colorado City 35 km

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