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M 1.8md

Earthquake near Beaver Dam, AZ

USGS: 26 km NW of Beaver Dam, Arizona

50 km (31 mi) W of St. George, UT · 137 km (85 mi) NE of Las Vegas, NV

8:04 pm MST, Jan 30, 2016 · · 11 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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When
8:04 pm MST on 30 January 2016 ()
Where
27 km (17 mi) NW of Beaver Dam, AZ · earthquakes near Beaver Dam
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 61 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3015 days ago

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) NW of Beaver Dam, AZ, at 8:04 pm MST on 30 January 2016 (03:04 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
  4. 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 lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 39 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 36 km N of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 36 km N 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 37.0770, -114.1398. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Washington County, UT 61 km (38 mi) ENE earthquakes near Washington County
Lincoln County, NV 89 km (55 mi) NW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Iron County, UT 118 km (73 mi) NE earthquakes near Iron County
Clark County, NV 124 km (77 mi) SW earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 36 km W of Veyo, Utah
  2. 1.8 31 km W of Veyo, Utah
  3. 1.9 31 km W of Veyo, Utah
  4. 2.1 26 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  5. 3.3 25 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  6. 2.1 25 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  7. 1.7 29 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada
  8. 1.6 32 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  9. 3.2 31 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  10. 2.0 45 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  11. 1.6 33 km W of Veyo, Utah
  12. 1.6 23 km NW of Beaver Dam, Arizona
  13. 1.6 20 km NW of Beaver Dam, Arizona
  14. 2.6 21 km NW of Beaver Dam, Arizona
  15. 2.5 19 km NW of Beaver Dam, 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.

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