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M 2.8ml

24 km W of Veyo, Utah

· 6.9 km deep · released about 400 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 44 kmLincoln County 86 kmIron County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
6.9 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Washington County, 44 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3005 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 38,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 27,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 400 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.

Where

Epicentre 37.3237, -113.9742. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, UT 44 km (27 mi) W of here earthquakes near Washington County
Lincoln County, NV 86 km (53 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Iron County, UT 88 km (55 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 132 km (82 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Beaver County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 9 km S of Saint George, Utah
  2. 1.6 4 km NE of Beaver Dam, Arizona
  3. 2.1 13 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  4. 1.7 13 km SSW of Enterprise, Utah
  5. 1.6 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  6. 2.2 14 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  7. 2.0 13 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  8. 1.9 15 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  9. 2.4 13 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  10. 1.7 12 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  11. 2.6 13 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  12. 1.9 13 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  13. 1.6 41 km WSW of Veyo, Utah
  14. 1.7 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  15. 3.8 14 km SW of Enterprise, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — it released about 170 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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