Earthquake near Fredonia, AZ

USGS: 3 km E of Fredonia, Arizona

97 km (61 mi) E of St. George, UT

2:30 pm MST, Mar 10, 2019 · 2019-03-10 21:30 UTC · 20 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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When: 2:30 pm MST on 10 March 2019 (2019-03-10 21:30 UTC)
Where: 3 km (2 mi) E of Fredonia, AZ · earthquakes near Fredonia
Magnitude: M 1.7 (md)
Depth: 20 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Kane County, 70 km ENE
Nearest mapped fault: Sevier/Toroweap fault, 20 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2762 days ago · we first saw it 2762 days ago

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) E of Fredonia, AZ, at 2:30 pm MST on 10 March 2019 (21:30 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Kanab.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

5.6 21 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona · 20 km SSE of this epicentre Jul 21, 1959

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Kane County, UT	70 km (44 mi)	ENE	earthquakes near Kane County
Washington County, UT	95 km (59 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT	129 km (80 mi)	NW	earthquakes near Iron County
Garfield County, UT	134 km (84 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Garfield 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.

1.6 10 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona 21:05 UTC
1.8 5 km N of Hildale, Utah 11:47 UTC
2.1 16 km NE of Hildale, Utah 17:05 UTC
1.7 21 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona 03:08 UTC
2.2 6 km SSE of Alton, Utah 18:04 UTC
1.6 29 km W of Big Water, Utah 02:01 UTC
1.6 10 km WNW of Glendale, Utah 19:43 UTC
1.7 10 km E of Springdale, Utah 08:35 UTC
2.0 9 km E of Springdale, Utah 14:55 UTC
2.6 4 km NW of Cane Beds, Arizona 10:36 UTC
1.8 10 km SSW of Orderville, Utah 10:39 UTC
1.6 9 km E of Springdale, Utah 23:56 UTC
1.6 14 km ENE of Springdale, Utah 00:41 UTC
1.7 14 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona 11:44 UTC
1.8 12 km ESE of Springdale, Utah 05:42 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 03:27 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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