Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
Earthquake near Mount Pleasant, UT
USGS: 18 km W of Hiawatha, Utah
94 km (58 mi) SSE of Provo, UT
- When
- 10:18 pm MDT on 13 June 2018 ()
- Where
- 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Mount Pleasant, UT · earthquakes near Mount Pleasant
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- -2.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sanpete County, 32 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Snow Lake graben, 23 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 3032 days ago
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Mount Pleasant, UT, at 10:18 pm MDT on 13 June 2018 (04:18 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Spring City, Fairview, Huntington.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 13 km ESE of Castle Dale, Utah · 46 km SE 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 39.4645, -111.2228. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanpete County, UT | 32 km (20 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Sanpete County |
| Carbon County, UT | 59 km (37 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Carbon County |
| Emery County, UT | 67 km (41 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Emery County |
| Utah County, UT | 82 km (51 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Sevier County, UT | 95 km (59 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Sevier County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 97 km (60 mi) | N | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
33 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 14 km W of Hiawatha, Utah
- 1.6 10 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah
- 1.7 14 km W of Hiawatha, Utah
- 2.3 15 km SSW of Clear Creek, Utah
- 1.6 15 km W of Hiawatha, Utah
- 1.9 15 km W of Hiawatha, Utah
- 1.8 15 km SSW of Clear Creek, Utah
- 1.8 15 km W of Hiawatha, Utah
- 2.2 15 km W of Hiawatha, 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
- 1.6 10 km WNW of Clear Creek, Utah
- 1.5 6 km W of Clear Creek, 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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