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M 1.6ml

2 km S of Bluffdale, Utah

· 6.5 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Salt Lake County 22 kmUtah County 45 kmDavis County 67 kmWasatch County 68 kmMorgan County 75 kmWeber County 89 kmSummit County 93 kmTooele County 100 kmJuab County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Salt Lake County, 22 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2777 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 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 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 40.4702, -111.9390. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Salt Lake County, UT 22 km (14 mi) S of here earthquakes near Salt Lake County
Utah County, UT 45 km (28 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Utah County
Davis County, UT 67 km (42 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Davis County
Wasatch County, UT 68 km (42 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Wasatch County
Morgan County, UT 75 km (47 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Morgan County
Weber County, UT 89 km (55 mi) S of here earthquakes near Weber 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. 3.1 5 km NE of Magna, Utah
  2. 2.5 6 km NE of Magna, Utah
  3. 2.3 7 km NNE of Magna, Utah
  4. 3.7 4 km N of Magna, Utah
  5. 3.6 4 km N of Magna, Utah
  6. 3.7 6 km NE of Magna, Utah
  7. 2.2 6 km NNE of Magna, Utah
  8. 2.4 6 km NNE of Magna, Utah
  9. 3.2 5 km NE of Magna, Utah
  10. 3.4 6 km NNE of Magna, Utah
  11. 3.1 6 km NNE of Magna, Utah
  12. 3.4 6 km NE of Magna, Utah
  13. 3.7 6 km NE of Magna, Utah
  14. 3.7 6 km NE of Magna, Utah
  15. 2.8 4 km NNE of Magna, 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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