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M 3.6ml

19 km N of Paragonah, Utah

· 12 km deep · released about 3.3 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Iron County 48 kmBeaver County 51 kmPiute County 66 kmMillard County 104 kmWashington County 108 kmSevier County 115 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 3.6 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
13 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Iron County, 48 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1971 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 13 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 3.3 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 51,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.6 about 3.3 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 6.9× more

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 38.0615, -112.7980. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Iron County, UT 48 km (30 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 51 km (31 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Beaver County
Piute County, UT 66 km (41 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Piute County
Millard County, UT 104 km (64 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Millard County
Washington County, UT 108 km (67 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Sevier County, UT 115 km (71 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sevier County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 15 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
  2. 2.0 15 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
  3. 1.6 16 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
  4. 1.8 15 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
  5. 2.1 16 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
  6. 1.8 10 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
  7. 2.4 11 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
  8. 1.6 7 km WNW of Junction, Utah
  9. 2.4 18 km WSW of Minersville, Utah
  10. 2.5 16 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
  11. 1.7 16 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah
  12. 2.0 15 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
  13. 1.6 14 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
  14. 1.6 16 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
  15. 1.6 15 km WNW of Enoch, 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.

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