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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

6 km W of Koosharem, Utah

· 14 km deep · released about 8.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Piute County 25 kmSevier County 29 kmGarfield County 88 kmWayne County 88 kmSanpete County 101 kmBeaver County 113 kmMillard County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Piute County, 25 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2789 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 8.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 38.5137, -111.9513. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Piute County, UT 25 km (16 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Piute County
Sevier County, UT 29 km (18 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Garfield County, UT 88 km (54 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Wayne County, UT 88 km (55 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Wayne County
Sanpete County, UT 101 km (63 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Beaver County, UT 113 km (71 mi) E of here earthquakes near Beaver County

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

Aftershocks so far

1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.5 30 km SW of Emery, 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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