Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Heber City, UT
USGS: 24 km ENE of Samak, Utah
82 km (51 mi) E of Salt Lake City, UT
- When
- 2:10 am MDT on 7 June 2016 ()
- Where
- 45 km (28 mi) ENE of Heber City, UT · earthquakes near Heber City
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Summit County, 17 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Bear River fault, 21 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3770 days ago
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) ENE of Heber City, UT, at 2:10 am MDT on 7 June 2016 (08:10 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Kamas, Oakley, Francis.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 14 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 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 4.0 on 2016-05-25 — about 2,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 23 km NW of Altamont, Utah · 45 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.0 21 km NW of Altamont, Utah · 49 km ESE 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 40.7175, -110.9557. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit County, UT | 17 km (11 mi) | N | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 46 km (29 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Duchesne County, UT | 65 km (40 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Duchesne County |
| Morgan County, UT | 67 km (41 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Uinta County, WY | 71 km (44 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Uinta County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 82 km (51 mi) | W | earthquakes near Salt Lake 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.
- 1.8 6 km SSE of Hideout, Utah
- 1.6 27 km S of Evanston, Wyoming
- 2.0 24 km NW of Tabiona, Utah
- 1.9 25 km SW of Evanston, Wyoming
- 2.0 6 km E of Silver Summit, Utah
- 2.7 15 km E of Independence, Utah
- 2.7 Utah
- 1.5 Utah
- 1.8 4 km SSW of Francis, Utah
- 1.8 5 km WSW of Woodland, Utah
- 1.6 5 km SW of Woodland, Utah
- 1.6 Utah
- 1.7 0 km SSE of Silver Summit, Utah
- 1.5 18 km E of Independence, Utah
- 1.6 19 km E of Independence, 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.
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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