Earthquake near Grand Canyon Village, AZ

USGS: 37 km NNW of Grand Canyon, Arizona

10:20 am MST, Mar 21, 2017 · 2017-03-21 17:20 UTC · 18 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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When: 10:20 am MST on 21 March 2017 (2017-03-21 17:20 UTC)
Where: 39 km (24 mi) NNW of Grand Canyon Village, AZ · earthquakes near Grand Canyon Village
Magnitude: M 2.9 (ml)
Depth: 18 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Coconino County, 75 km SE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 3399 days ago · we first saw it 3399 days ago

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 39 km (24 mi) NNW of Grand Canyon Village, AZ, at 10:20 am MST on 21 March 2017 (17:20 UTC). 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 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

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

5.6 21 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona · 48 km NNW of this epicentre Jul 21, 1959

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

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Epicentre 36.3852, -112.2426. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Coconino County, AZ	75 km (46 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Coconino County
Kane County, UT	106 km (66 mi)	NNE	earthquakes near Kane County
Washington County, UT	148 km (92 mi)	NW	earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.6 43 km NE of Supai, Arizona 22:52 UTC
2.5 43 km NE of Supai, Arizona 15:08 UTC
2.8 37 km SSE of Kaibab, Arizona 12:56 UTC
1.7 21 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona 03:08 UTC
2.5 32 km NNW of Supai, Arizona 23:33 UTC
2.5 19 km ENE of Supai, Arizona 20:03 UTC
2.7 39 km SSE of Fredonia, Arizona 09:13 UTC
3.1 31 km NNW of Grand Canyon, Arizona 13:47 UTC
2.1 13 km E of Supai, Arizona 20:19 UTC
1.5 19 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona 15:29 UTC
2.6 24 km NNE of Grand Canyon, Arizona 09:43 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 02:23 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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