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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Daniel, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Daniel in the 24 hours to 6:06 pm MST (01:06 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 6 km (4 mi) ENE, at 2:36 am MDT on 29 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Daniel
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 4 km (3 mi) south-southwest of Daniel, UT, at 5:33 am MDT on 20 April 2019 (11:33 UTC), 3.7 km deep. 29 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4 km SSW of Daniel, Utah
28 km (17 mi) NE of Provo, UT · 27 km (17 mi) ENE of Orem, UT
- When
- 5:33 am MDT on 20 April 2019 ()
- Where
- 4 km (3 mi) south-southwest of Daniel, UT · earthquakes near Daniel
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 3.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 29 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Wasatch County, 25 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wasatch fault, 24 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 2697 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 23 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Daniel, 4 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Heber City, Midway, Francis, Park City, Kamas, Lindon.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 68,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 48,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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:
- 5.3 Near Salt Lake City, Utah · 43 km NW 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 40.4337, -111.4287. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasatch County, UT | 25 km (16 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Utah County, UT | 40 km (25 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 49 km (31 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Summit County, UT | 62 km (39 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Morgan County, UT | 74 km (46 mi) | N | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Duchesne County, UT | 86 km (54 mi) | E | earthquakes near Duchesne County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
36 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 4 km NW of Silver Summit, Utah
- 2.3 Utah
- 1.5 5 km SW of American Fork, Utah
- 1.6 20 km E of Mapleton, Utah
- 1.9 19 km E of Mapleton, Utah
- 1.7 Utah
- 1.6 15 km SE of Independence, Utah
- 1.7 22 km S of Independence, Utah
- 1.7 0 km SSE of Silver Summit, Utah
- 1.5 18 km E of Independence, Utah
- 1.6 19 km E of Independence, Utah
- 2.5 18 km E of Independence, Utah
- 3.6 17 km E of Independence, Utah
- 2.0 18 km SSE of Independence, Utah
- 2.1 3 km S of Wallsburg, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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