Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Mapleton, UT
USGS: 16 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
28 km (18 mi) SE of Provo, UT
- When
- 10:07 pm MDT on 5 August 2017 ()
- Where
- 17 km (11 mi) ESE of Mapleton, UT · earthquakes near Mapleton
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Utah County, 24 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wasatch fault, 15 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 3341 days ago
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) ESE of Mapleton, UT, at 10:07 pm MDT on 5 August 2017 (04:07 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Springville, Spanish Fork, Woodland Hills, Salem, Elk Ridge, Provo.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- 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 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
Epicentre 40.0803, -111.3907. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah County, UT | 24 km (15 mi) | W | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 34 km (21 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 79 km (49 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Sanpete County, UT | 80 km (50 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Sanpete County |
| Carbon County, UT | 82 km (51 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Carbon County |
| Duchesne County, UT | 85 km (53 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Duchesne County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
26 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 21 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah
- 1.6 7 km WSW of Wallsburg, Utah
- 1.9 17 km N of Scofield, Utah
- 2.6 4 km SSW of Daniel, Utah
- 1.6 11 km W of Clear Creek, Utah
- 1.9 8 km WSW of Scofield, Utah
- 1.8 6 km W of Clear Creek, Utah
- 1.6 9 km WNW of Clear Creek, Utah
- 2.1 12 km W of Clear Creek, Utah
- 2.0 0 km WNW of Mona, Utah
- 1.6 11 km WSW of Vineyard, Utah
- 1.7 1 km SE of Scofield, Utah
- 1.9 0 km ENE of Scofield, Utah
- 2.0 0 km NNE of Scofield, Utah
- 1.6 0 km ENE of Scofield, 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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