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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Beaver Dam, AZ

USGS: 18 km NNW of Beaver Dam, Arizona

42 km (26 mi) W of St. George, UT · 141 km (88 mi) NE of Las Vegas, NV

8:34 am MST, Jun 25, 2016 · · 9.2 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

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When
8:34 am MST on 25 June 2016 ()
Where
19 km (12 mi) NNW of Beaver Dam, AZ · earthquakes near Beaver Dam
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
9.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 55 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3749 days ago

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 19 km (12 mi) NNW of Beaver Dam, AZ, at 8:34 am MST on 25 June 2016 (15:34 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Mesquite, Scenic.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 44 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 49 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 42 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 42 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 37.0400, -114.0445. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Washington County, UT 55 km (34 mi) ENE earthquakes near Washington County
Lincoln County, NV 98 km (61 mi) NW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Iron County, UT 117 km (72 mi) NNE earthquakes near Iron County
Clark County, NV 126 km (78 mi) SW earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 2 km NE of Beaver Dam, Arizona
  2. 1.8 14 km WNW of Veyo, Utah
  3. 2.5 37 km W of Veyo, Utah
  4. 1.9 10 km NE of Beaver Dam, Arizona
  5. 1.6 3 km ENE of Beaver Dam, Arizona
  6. 1.7 10 km S of Saint George, Utah
  7. 1.7 38 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  8. 1.6 43 km S of Caliente, Nevada
  9. 1.6 7 km ESE of Scenic, Arizona
  10. 2.7 25 km ESE of Littlefield, Arizona
  11. 1.9 25 km ESE of Littlefield, Arizona
  12. 1.5 19 km SSE of Saint George, Utah
  13. 3.0 14 km NE of Beaver Dam, Arizona
  14. 1.7 11 km SSE of Saint George, Utah
  15. 2.8 24 km W of Veyo, 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

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