Earthquake near Price, UT

USGS: 7 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah

99 km (61 mi) SE of Provo, UT

6:18 am MST, Dec 12, 2018 · 2018-12-12 13:18 UTC · -2.3 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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When: 6:18 am MST on 12 December 2018 (2018-12-12 13:18 UTC)
Where: 14 km (9 mi) NNE of Price, UT · earthquakes near Price
Magnitude: M 1.8 (ml)
Depth: -2.3 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Carbon County, 12 km ESE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2851 days ago · we first saw it 2851 days ago

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) NNE of Price, UT, at 6:18 am MST on 12 December 2018 (13:18 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Helper, Spring Glen, Carbonville, Wellington.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 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

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Epicentre 39.7035, -110.7250. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Carbon County, UT	12 km (8 mi)	ESE	earthquakes near Carbon County
Duchesne County, UT	70 km (43 mi)	NNE	earthquakes near Duchesne County
Emery County, UT	77 km (48 mi)	S	earthquakes near Emery County
Wasatch County, UT	79 km (49 mi)	NNW	earthquakes near Wasatch County
Sanpete County, UT	82 km (51 mi)	WSW	earthquakes near Sanpete County
Utah County, UT	93 km (58 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Utah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.1 17 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 07:01 UTC
1.8 16 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 01:25 UTC
1.8 17 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 19:58 UTC
1.6 17 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 01:01 UTC
1.6 Utah 19:59 UTC
1.7 16 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 07:40 UTC
2.0 17 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 05:30 UTC
2.0 18 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 20:40 UTC
1.6 16 km NNW of East Carbon City, Utah 20:06 UTC
1.6 17 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 07:19 UTC
1.5 14 km W of Hiawatha, Utah 03:42 UTC
1.6 10 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah 02:46 UTC
1.7 17 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 11:13 UTC
1.6 18 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 07:28 UTC
1.9 18 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah 00:00 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 06:38 UTC. 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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