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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Provo, UT

USGS: 20 km S of Independence, Utah

38 km (24 mi) ESE of Provo, UT

10:01 pm MDT, Jun 11, 2018 · · 13 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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When
10:01 pm MDT on 11 June 2018 ()
Where
39 km (24 mi) ESE of Provo, UT · earthquakes near Provo
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Wasatch County, 24 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
Strawberry fault, 8 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 3035 days ago

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 39 km (24 mi) ESE of Provo, UT, at 10:01 pm MDT on 11 June 2018 (04:01 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.7 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 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 40.1237, -111.2227. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Wasatch County, UT 24 km (15 mi) NNE earthquakes near Wasatch County
Utah County, UT 38 km (24 mi) W earthquakes near Utah County
Duchesne County, UT 70 km (43 mi) ENE earthquakes near Duchesne County
Carbon County, UT 74 km (46 mi) SE earthquakes near Carbon County
Salt Lake County, UT 85 km (53 mi) NW earthquakes near Salt Lake County
Summit County, UT 86 km (53 mi) NNE earthquakes near Summit County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 7 km ESE of Independence, Utah
  2. 1.8 12 km SE of Independence, Utah
  3. 1.8 13 km SE of Independence, Utah
  4. 1.6 9 km NW of Helper, Utah
  5. 1.9 Utah
  6. 1.9 9 km SE of Independence, Utah
  7. 1.5 26 km S of Independence, Utah
  8. 1.6 7 km W of Independence, Utah
  9. 1.8 1 km WSW of Payson, Utah
  10. 2.4 0 km WSW of Payson, Utah
  11. 1.9 1 km W of Payson, Utah
  12. 1.7 10 km NW of Helper, Utah
  13. 1.5 11 km ESE of Woodland, Utah
  14. 1.8 7 km WSW of Scofield, Utah
  15. 1.7 5 km SW 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

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