Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.4mwr
Earthquake near Peach Springs, AZ
USGS: 30 km ENE of Peach Springs, Arizona
- When
- 5:53 pm MST on 8 October 2016 ()
- Where
- 30 km (19 mi) ENE of Peach Springs, AZ · earthquakes near Peach Springs
- Magnitude
- M 3.4 (mwr)
- Depth
- 9.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 19 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Mohave County, 58 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 24 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 3556 days ago
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded 30 km (19 mi) ENE of Peach Springs, AZ, at 5:53 pm MST on 8 October 2016 (00:53 UTC). 19 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.9 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 4,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,800× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.4 about 1.9 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4× more
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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 35.6258, -113.1156. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohave County, AZ | 58 km (36 mi) | W | earthquakes near Mohave County |
| Yavapai County, AZ | 121 km (75 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Yavapai County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.8 20 km ESE of Peach Springs, Arizona
- 2.5 28 km NNE of Peach Springs, Arizona
- 2.6 30 km NE of Peach Springs, Arizona
- 2.2 43 km SW of Supai, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.