quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Tooele, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Tooele in the 24 hours to 8:57 am MST (15:57 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 11 km (7 mi) E, at 10:08 am MDT on 10 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Tooele
No: USGS classifies this as a quarry blast, not an earthquake. A magnitude 2.9 quarry blast was recorded 11 km (7 mi) east-southeast of Tooele, UT, at 2:57 pm MDT on 14 June 2017 (20:57 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: Utah
17 km (11 mi) SW of West Jordan, UT · 12 km (8 mi) W of Herriman, UT
- When
- 2:57 pm MDT on 14 June 2017 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) east-southeast of Tooele, UT · earthquakes near Tooele
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- -2.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 8 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Salt Lake County, 27 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Oquirrh fault, 5 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 3374 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 31 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Tooele, 11 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Herriman 11 km, intensity III · Tooele 11 km, intensity III · Riverton 19 km, intensity II · South Jordan 21 km, intensity II · Kearns 22 km, intensity II · West Jordan 22 km, intensity II · Magna 23 km, intensity II · West Valley City 25 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 610 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 25,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 18,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 610 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 Near Salt Lake City, Utah · 38 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.0 1 km NE of Magna, Utah · 24 km NNE 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 40.5085, -112.1662. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake County, UT | 27 km (17 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Davis County, UT | 59 km (37 mi) | N | earthquakes near Davis County |
| Utah County, UT | 60 km (37 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Tooele County, UT | 81 km (50 mi) | W | earthquakes near Tooele County |
| Morgan County, UT | 82 km (51 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 87 km (54 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 5 km W of Salt Lake City, Utah
- 1.9 3 km SSW of Bluffdale, Utah
- 2.2 2 km SSW of Bluffdale, Utah
- 2.2 3 km SSW of Bluffdale, Utah
- 2.3 3 km SSW of Bluffdale, Utah
- 1.8 5 km SSW of Bingham Canyon, Utah
- 1.6 2 km SSE of Bluffdale, Utah
- 2.3 2 km S of Bluffdale, Utah
- 2.5 2 km S of Bluffdale, Utah
- 1.8 2 km S of Bluffdale, Utah
- 1.5 2 km S of Bluffdale, Utah
- 1.6 1 km SSE of Bluffdale, Utah
- 1.6 1 km SSE of Bluffdale, Utah
- 1.6 1 km SSE of Bluffdale, Utah
- 1.7 1 km SE of Bluffdale, 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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