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M 1.5ml

8 km SSW of Joseph, Utah

· 3.6 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Piute County 27 kmSevier County 44 kmMillard County 88 kmBeaver County 88 kmGarfield County 107 kmSanpete County 108 kmWayne County 115 kmIron County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
3.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Piute County, 27 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2832 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 38.5562, -112.2592. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Piute County, UT 27 km (17 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Piute County
Sevier County, UT 44 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Millard County, UT 88 km (55 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Millard County
Beaver County, UT 88 km (55 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Beaver County
Garfield County, UT 107 km (67 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Sanpete County, UT 108 km (67 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 4 km W of Circleville, Utah
  2. 1.8 6 km N of Joseph, Utah
  3. 1.5 23 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah
  4. 1.9 29 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah
  5. 1.5 27 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah
  6. 1.8 30 km W of Kanosh, Utah
  7. 1.7 28 km W of Kanosh, Utah
  8. 2.1 28 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah
  9. 1.9 26 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah
  10. 2.7 27 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah
  11. 2.2 29 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah
  12. 3.1 29 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah
  13. 1.9 28 km W of Kanosh, Utah
  14. 2.0 28 km W of Kanosh, Utah
  15. 1.8 4 km ENE of Marysvale, 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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