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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Saint George, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Saint George in the 24 hours to 10:32 am MST (17:32 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 95 km (59 mi) W, at 1:16 am MDT on 6 June 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 37 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Saint George

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) south-southeast of Saint George, UT, at 4:01 pm MDT on 19 September 2022 (22:01 UTC), 8.9 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 46 km SSE of Saint George, Utah

43 km (27 mi) SSE of St. George, UT

4:01 pm MDT, Sep 19, 2022 · · 8.9 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
4:01 pm MDT on 19 September 2022 ()
Where
46 km (29 mi) south-southeast of Saint George, UT · earthquakes near Saint George
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
8.9 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Washington County, 62 km N
Nearest mapped fault
Washington fault, 9 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1515 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Saint George, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2022-09-19 — about 16,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 44 km N of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 36.7072, -113.4287. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Washington County, UT 62 km (39 mi) N earthquakes near Washington County
Mohave County, AZ 114 km (71 mi) SSW earthquakes near Mohave County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

29 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.2 55 km ESE of Scenic, Arizona
  2. 1.5 26 km SSE of Scenic, Arizona
  3. 1.6 41 km SSE of Saint George, Utah
  4. 2.7 56 km SE of Scenic, Arizona
  5. 2.0 37 km SSE of Saint George, Utah
  6. 1.8 3 km SW of Saint George, Utah
  7. 1.6 18 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
  8. 1.6 15 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
  9. 1.6 16 km SSW of Cane Beds, Arizona
  10. 1.6 16 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
  11. 1.8 13 km SSW of Saint George, Utah
  12. 1.5 17 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
  13. 2.9 10 km SSE of Washington, Utah
  14. 1.7 14 km NE of Beaver Dam, Arizona
  15. 1.7 13 km NE of Beaver Dam, Arizona

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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