Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Centennial Park, AZ
USGS: 35 km NNW of Supai, Arizona
91 km (57 mi) SE of St. George, UT
- When
- 10:58 pm MST on 3 November 2018 ()
- Where
- 48 km (30 mi) SSE of Centennial Park, AZ · earthquakes near Centennial Park
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Washington County, 101 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 8 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 2786 days ago
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) SSE of Centennial Park, AZ, at 10:58 pm MST on 3 November 2018 (05:58 UTC). 5 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 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 · 47 km NE 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 36.5467, -112.7977. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, UT | 101 km (62 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Kane County, UT | 119 km (74 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Coconino County, AZ | 122 km (76 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Coconino County |
| Mohave County, AZ | 126 km (78 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Mohave County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
44 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 10 km SW of Centennial Park, Arizona
- 1.8 6 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 2.1 1 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.6 20 km S of Centennial Park, Arizona
- 1.6 14 km S of Centennial Park, Arizona
- 1.8 16 km SSW of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.6 15 km SSW of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 2.6 14 km S of Centennial Park, Arizona
- 2.3 17 km S of Centennial Park, Arizona
- 1.7 13 km SSW of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 2.8 37 km SSE of Kaibab, Arizona
- 1.7 12 km SSE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 2.1 8 km E of Kaibab, Arizona
- 1.6 10 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona
- 1.7 21 km SE of Fredonia, 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
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