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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7ml

17 km NNE of Tabiona, Utah

· 14 km deep · released about 330 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Duchesne County 29 kmWasatch County 49 kmSummit County 50 kmUinta County 88 kmCarbon County 92 kmUtah County 98 kmUintah County 103 kmMorgan County 104 kmDaggett County 104 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Duchesne County, 29 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1517 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 330 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 46,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 33,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 330 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.

Where

Epicentre 40.4990, -110.6280. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Duchesne County, UT 29 km (18 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Duchesne County
Wasatch County, UT 49 km (30 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Wasatch County
Summit County, UT 50 km (31 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Summit County
Uinta County, WY 88 km (54 mi) S of here earthquakes near Uinta County
Carbon County, UT 92 km (57 mi) N of here earthquakes near Carbon County
Utah County, UT 98 km (61 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Utah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 21 km W of Tabiona, Utah
  2. 1.6 8 km E of Independence, Utah
  3. 1.9 42 km SSE of Evanston, Wyoming
  4. 2.0 42 km SSE of Evanston, Wyoming
  5. 1.6 19 km E of Independence, Utah
  6. 2.3 19 km E of Independence, Utah
  7. 2.4 19 km E of Independence, Utah
  8. 1.9 20 km E of Independence, Utah
  9. 2.2 42 km SSE of Evanston, Wyoming
  10. 2.2 42 km SSE of Evanston, Wyoming
  11. 1.6 43 km NE of Samak, Utah
  12. 2.5 28 km NNW of Tabiona, Utah
  13. 2.1 42 km ENE of Oakley, Utah
  14. 2.7 41 km ENE of Oakley, Utah
  15. 2.2 42 km ENE of Oakley, Utah

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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2016-05-25 — it released about 100 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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