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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

16 km SW of Enterprise, Utah

· 5.8 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 39 kmIron County 69 kmLincoln County 92 kmBeaver County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 39 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2936 days ago

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.

Where

Epicentre 37.4625, -113.8477. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, UT 39 km (24 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT 69 km (43 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Iron County
Lincoln County, NV 92 km (57 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Beaver County, UT 113 km (70 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

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

  1. 1.7 19 km N of Beryl Junction, Utah
  2. 2.4 4 km SW of Beryl Junction, Utah
  3. 1.6 10 km NNW of New Harmony, Utah
  4. 2.0 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  5. 2.1 12 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  6. 1.8 36 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  7. 1.8 Nevada
  8. 1.7 16 km WNW of Veyo, Utah
  9. 1.6 16 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  10. 2.7 13 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  11. 2.4 12 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  12. 1.5 15 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  13. 1.9 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  14. 1.8 11 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  15. 2.4 13 km WSW 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 12,000 times the energy of this one.

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

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