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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Ivins, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Ivins in the 24 hours to 5:51 am MST (12:51 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 86 km (53 mi) W, at 1:16 am MDT on 6 June 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 37 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Ivins
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) west-northwest of Ivins, UT, at 8:58 pm MST on 17 January 2019 (03:58 UTC), 10 km deep.
USGS: 41 km WSW of Veyo, Utah
54 km (34 mi) WNW of St. George, UT · 136 km (84 mi) NE of North Las Vegas, NV
- When
- 8:58 pm MST on 17 January 2019 ()
- Where
- 43 km (27 mi) west-northwest of Ivins, UT · earthquakes near Ivins
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Washington County, 59 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2855 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Ivins, 43 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — about 10,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 20 km N of this epicentre
- 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 17 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 45 km W of this epicentre
- 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 17 km NNW 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 37.2533, -114.1502. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, UT | 59 km (36 mi) | E | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Lincoln County, NV | 76 km (47 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Iron County, UT | 104 km (65 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Clark County, NV | 139 km (86 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Clark County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 36 km W of Veyo, Utah
- 1.7 35 km W of Veyo, Utah
- 2.7 31 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.0 28 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.5 32 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.1 17 km NNW of Beaver Dam, Arizona
- 1.5 32 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.5 18 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
- 2.2 36 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada
- 1.8 25 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 34 km WNW of Veyo, Utah
- 1.9 38 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.6 35 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.9 33 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.5 Nevada
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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