Earthquake near Springville, UT

USGS: 19 km N of Scofield, Utah

58 km (36 mi) SE of Provo, UT

11:11 am MDT, Jun 5, 2016 · 2016-06-05 17:11 UTC · 11 km deep · released about 8.1 lb of TNT

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When: 11:11 am MDT on 5 June 2016 (2016-06-05 17:11 UTC)
Where: 50 km (31 mi) SE of Springville, UT · earthquakes near Springville
Magnitude: M 1.6 (ml)
Depth: 11 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Wasatch County, 48 km N
Nearest mapped fault: Strawberry fault, 12 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 3770 days ago · we first saw it 3770 days ago

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 50 km (31 mi) SE of Springville, UT, at 11:11 am MDT on 5 June 2016 (17:11 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 8.1 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 39.9012, -111.1372. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Wasatch County, UT	48 km (30 mi)	N	earthquakes near Wasatch County
Utah County, UT	51 km (32 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Utah County
Carbon County, UT	53 km (33 mi)	ESE	earthquakes near Carbon County
Sanpete County, UT	70 km (43 mi)	SSW	earthquakes near Sanpete County
Duchesne County, UT	74 km (46 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Duchesne County
Emery County, UT	105 km (66 mi)	SSE	earthquakes near Emery County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.8 7 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah 13:18 UTC
1.7 6 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah 13:18 UTC
2.3 7 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah 13:12 UTC
1.7 7 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah 07:20 UTC
1.8 6 km N of Fairview, Utah 09:55 UTC
1.6 22 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah 14:30 UTC
1.7 18 km SSE of Independence, Utah 05:08 UTC
1.9 4 km W of Clear Creek, Utah 19:16 UTC
1.6 7 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah 06:00 UTC
2.8 8 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah 07:39 UTC
2.3 8 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah 13:54 UTC
1.6 18 km W of Hiawatha, Utah 04:18 UTC
1.5 20 km S of Independence, Utah 04:01 UTC
1.7 6 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah 20:29 UTC
1.5 22 km SE of Mapleton, Utah 07:06 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 05:43 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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