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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Mona, UT

USGS: 0 km WNW of Mona, Utah

51 km (32 mi) SSW of Provo, UT

4:44 pm MDT, Mar 16, 2019 · · 2.0 km deep · released about 35 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Utah County 37 kmSanpete County 55 kmJuab County 80 kmWasatch County 83 kmSalt Lake County 95 kmCarbon County 110 kmSevier County 119 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
4:44 pm MDT on 16 March 2019 ()
Where
in Mona, UT · earthquakes near Mona
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
2.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Utah County, 37 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
Wasatch fault, 4 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2755 days ago

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded in Mona, UT, at 4:44 pm MDT on 16 March 2019 (22:44 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Nephi, Santaquin, Genola, Elk Ridge, Payson, West Mountain.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.0 3 km WSW of Nephi, Utah · 13 km S of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 1 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah · 16 km NNW of this epicentre

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

Epicentre 39.8192, -111.8638. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Utah County, UT 37 km (23 mi) NNE earthquakes near Utah County
Sanpete County, UT 55 km (34 mi) SSE earthquakes near Sanpete County
Juab County, UT 80 km (50 mi) W earthquakes near Juab County
Wasatch County, UT 83 km (51 mi) NE earthquakes near Wasatch County
Salt Lake County, UT 95 km (59 mi) N earthquakes near Salt Lake County
Carbon County, UT 110 km (68 mi) E earthquakes near Carbon 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. 2.4 16 km SSW of Levan, Utah
  2. 1.9 15 km SSW of Levan, Utah
  3. 1.7 8 km SW of Levan, Utah
  4. 1.7 15 km SW of Levan, Utah
  5. 2.1 16 km SSW of Levan, Utah
  6. 3.2 16 km SSW of Levan, Utah
  7. 2.3 17 km SSW of Levan, Utah
  8. 1.6 13 km W of Mona, Utah
  9. 1.7 17 km SSW of Levan, Utah
  10. 2.1 16 km SSW of Levan, Utah
  11. 1.7 15 km SSW of Levan, Utah
  12. 1.6 7 km ENE of Fairview, Utah
  13. 1.5 9 km W of Levan, Utah
  14. 2.1 5 km NNE of Fountain Green, Utah
  15. 1.6 10 km NE of Fountain Green, 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.

On USGS

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