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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Centennial Park, AZ
No earthquake was likely felt in Centennial Park in the 24 hours to 3:30 pm MST (22:30 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 11 km (7 mi) NNE, at 11:21 pm MST on 6 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Centennial Park
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 30 km (19 mi) south of Centennial Park, AZ, at 12:57 pm MST on 18 March 2026 (19:57 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 29 km S of Centennial Park, Arizona
64 km (40 mi) SE of St. George, UT
- When
- 12:57 pm MST on 18 March 2026 ()
- Where
- 30 km (19 mi) south of Centennial Park, AZ · earthquakes near Centennial Park
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Washington County, 75 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 7 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 170 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 30 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Centennial Park, 30 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2022-09-19 — about 180 times the energy of this one.
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 36.6883, -113.0409. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, UT | 75 km (47 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Mohave County, AZ | 125 km (78 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Mohave County |
| Kane County, UT | 127 km (79 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Coconino County, AZ | 148 km (92 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Coconino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
38 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.1 35 km SSE of Saint George, Utah
- 1.4 7 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.3 12 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona
- 1.4 10 km SW of Centennial Park, Arizona
- 1.4 6 km ENE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.4 6 km ENE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 2.1 12 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.3 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 2.2 17 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 2.1 6 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.9 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.5 8 km ENE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.6 8 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.9 8 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.7 8 km NNE of Cane Beds, 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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- 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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