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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near South Salt Lake, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in South Salt Lake in the 24 hours to 2:03 am MDT (08:03 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 13 km (8 mi) W, at 8:46 am MDT on 17 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 28 felt reports to USGS.

M 3.5

Latest: 6:32 pm MST on 13 February 2026 · 12 km (7 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near South Salt Lake was M 3.5, 12 km (7 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT, at 6:32 pm MST on 13 February 2026, 9 km deep. 4,122 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in South Salt Lake was intensity III (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 6 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near South Salt Lake since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 4.0
Last 12 months
10 · largest M 3.5 on 13 February 2026
Since 2016
527 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 5.7 on 18 March 2020, 16 km (10 mi) WNW of South Salt Lake, UT
Reported felt
256 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Wasatch fault, 4 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

Sep 14 Sep 29 Oct 13
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. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) E of South Salt Lake, UT
  2. 2.2 13 km (8 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 28
  3. 2.1 20 km (12 mi) ENE of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 1
  4. 1.7 13 km (8 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  5. 1.7 14 km (8 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  6. 2.0 11 km (7 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 23
  7. 3.5 12 km (7 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 4,122
  8. 1.6 14 km (9 mi) WNW of South Salt Lake, UT
  9. 1.8 25 km (15 mi) NE of South Salt Lake, UT
  10. 1.7 30 km (18 mi) E of South Salt Lake, UT
  11. 1.8 28 km (17 mi) SSW of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 5
  12. 1.8 27 km (17 mi) S of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 3
  13. 1.7 15 km (9 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  14. 1.6 12 km (8 mi) N of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 2
  15. 1.5 14 km (9 mi) WNW of South Salt Lake, UT
  16. 2.6 27 km (17 mi) NE of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 5
  17. 1.7 13 km (8 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 1
  18. 2.5 14 km (8 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 306
  19. 2.3 29 km (18 mi) S of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 56
  20. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) S of South Salt Lake, UT
  21. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) S of South Salt Lake, UT
  22. 2.0 29 km (18 mi) SW of South Salt Lake, UT
  23. 1.6 13 km (8 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 2
  24. 1.8 13 km (8 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 2
  25. 1.6 13 km (8 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  26. 2.5 22 km (13 mi) ENE of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 14
  27. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) NE of South Salt Lake, UT
  28. 1.7 15 km (9 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  29. 2.5 15 km (9 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 234
  30. 1.6 12 km (7 mi) N of South Salt Lake, UT
  31. 2.1 15 km (9 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  32. 2.1 15 km (9 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 6
  33. 2.0 15 km (10 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  34. 1.7 17 km (11 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  35. 2.5 18 km (11 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 412
  36. 2.1 15 km (9 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 13
  37. 2.1 15 km (10 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 5
  38. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) NE of South Salt Lake, UT
  39. 1.9 12 km (7 mi) N of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 2
  40. 1.9 17 km (10 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 15
  41. 1.8 17 km (10 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  42. 1.7 16 km (10 mi) WNW of South Salt Lake, UT
  43. 1.6 14 km (9 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  44. 1.8 30 km (19 mi) WNW of South Salt Lake, UT
  45. 1.5 16 km (10 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  46. 1.9 15 km (9 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  47. 1.6 15 km (9 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  48. 1.6 16 km (10 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT
  49. 1.9 13 km (8 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 9
  50. 2.3 11 km (7 mi) W of South Salt Lake, UT · felt by 87

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

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in South Salt Lake

The strongest shaking in South Salt Lake from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity V (moderate), from the M 5.7 on 18 March 2020, 16 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 South Salt Lake (est.)
M 5.7 16 kmV · Moderate · felt by 26,376
M 4.6 16 kmIV · Light · felt by 1,406
M 4.6 15 kmIV · Light · felt by 3,147
M 4.2 14 kmIV · Light · felt by 7,104
M 4.2 15 kmIV · Light · felt by 6,730

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 South Salt Lake:

  1. 5.3 Near Salt Lake City, Utah · 8 km ESE of South Salt Lake
  2. 5.0 1 km NE of Magna, Utah · 17 km W of South Salt Lake

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

Millcreek 4 km · Salt Lake City 5 km · Canyon Rim 6 km · Murray 6 km · East Millcreek 7 km · Taylorsville 7 km · Holladay 8 km · West Valley City 10 km

Be ready

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