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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.0ml

14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah

· 6.5 km deep · released about 890 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 41 kmIron County 66 kmLincoln County 91 kmBeaver County 110 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Washington County, 41 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1511 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 890 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 380,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 17,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 890 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 37.4937, -113.8493. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, UT 41 km (25 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT 66 km (41 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Iron County
Lincoln County, NV 91 km (56 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Beaver County, UT 110 km (68 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Beaver County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 12 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah
  2. 2.0 11 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah
  3. 2.4 13 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah
  4. 1.6 34 km WNW of Veyo, Utah
  5. 1.9 38 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  6. 2.6 35 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  7. 2.9 33 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  8. 1.5 Nevada
  9. 1.8 35 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  10. 2.0 35 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
  11. 1.5 9 km ESE of Pine Valley, Utah
  12. 1.6 11 km WNW of Veyo, Utah
  13. 1.8 14 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  14. 1.7 19 km N of Beryl Junction, Utah
  15. 2.4 4 km SW of Beryl Junction, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — it released about 78 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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