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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

5 km SW of Joseph, Utah

· -2.6 km deep · released about 260 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Piute County 30 kmSevier County 43 kmMillard County 86 kmBeaver County 89 kmSanpete County 105 kmGarfield County 110 kmWayne County 117 kmIron County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
-2.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Piute County, 30 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2458 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 260 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 59,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 42,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 260 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 38.5887, -112.2612. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Piute County, UT 30 km (19 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Piute County
Sevier County, UT 43 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Millard County, UT 86 km (53 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Millard County
Beaver County, UT 89 km (55 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Beaver County
Sanpete County, UT 105 km (66 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Garfield County, UT 110 km (68 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Garfield County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 25 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah
  2. 1.8 8 km ENE of Marysvale, Utah
  3. 2.4 5 km SW of Joseph, Utah
  4. 2.6 9 km WNW of Sigurd, Utah
  5. 1.9 5 km SW of Joseph, Utah
  6. 1.7 5 km SW of Joseph, Utah
  7. 2.6 4 km WSW of Joseph, Utah
  8. 2.2 4 km SSW of Joseph, Utah
  9. 2.1 7 km SSW of Joseph, Utah
  10. 1.9 4 km W of Circleville, Utah
  11. 1.8 6 km N of Joseph, Utah
  12. 1.5 23 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah
  13. 1.7 30 km W of Kanosh, Utah
  14. 1.9 29 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah
  15. 1.5 27 km WSW of Kanosh, 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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