Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Fairview, UT
USGS: 6 km N of Fairview, Utah
65 km (40 mi) SSE of Provo, UT
- When
- 2:55 am MST on 11 November 2018 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) N of Fairview, UT · earthquakes near Fairview
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sanpete County, 37 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Gunnison fault, 21 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 2866 days ago
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) N of Fairview, UT, at 2:55 am MST on 11 November 2018 (09:55 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Mount Pleasant, Fountain Green, Moroni, Spring City.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 790,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 70× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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:
- 5.0 3 km WSW of Nephi, Utah · 38 km W 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 39.6847, -111.4290. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanpete County, UT | 37 km (23 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Sanpete County |
| Utah County, UT | 53 km (33 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Carbon County, UT | 72 km (45 mi) | E | earthquakes near Carbon County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 76 km (47 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Emery County, UT | 97 km (60 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Emery County |
| Duchesne County, UT | 108 km (67 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Duchesne County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
40 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 Utah
- 1.8 9 km WSW of Scofield, Utah
- 1.6 12 km WSW of Scofield, Utah
- 2.5 16 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah
- 1.6 10 km WNW of Clear Creek, Utah
- 1.6 13 km SW of Clear Creek, Utah
- 1.6 9 km WNW of Helper, Utah
- 2.2 21 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah
- 2.2 21 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah
- 1.9 13 km SE of Ephraim, Utah
- 1.9 17 km N of Scofield, Utah
- 1.6 11 km W of Clear Creek, Utah
- 1.6 6 km W of Clear Creek, Utah
- 1.9 8 km WSW of Scofield, Utah
- 1.8 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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