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M 1.9ml

17 km N of Scofield, Utah

· 11 km deep · released about 18 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Utah County 49 kmWasatch County 50 kmCarbon County 56 kmSanpete County 66 kmDuchesne County 79 kmEmery County 105 kmSalt Lake County 107 kmSummit County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Utah County, 49 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2716 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 18 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 39.8837, -111.1863. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Utah County, UT 49 km (30 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Utah County
Wasatch County, UT 50 km (31 mi) S of here earthquakes near Wasatch County
Carbon County, UT 56 km (35 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Carbon County
Sanpete County, UT 66 km (41 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Duchesne County, UT 79 km (49 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Duchesne County
Emery County, UT 105 km (65 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Emery County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 14.8 km N of Woodland Hills, UT
  2. 2.9 28 km SE of Mapleton, UT
  3. 2.6 27 km ESE of Mapleton, UT
  4. 1.6 9.4 km ESE of Hiawatha, UT
  5. 1.9 4 km NNE of Helper, Utah
  6. 2.0 9 km NW of Fairview, Utah
  7. 2.1 8 km NW of Helper, UT
  8. 1.8 7 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah
  9. 1.9 6 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah
  10. 2.5 8 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah
  11. 1.5 7 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah
  12. 1.7 7 km E of Kenilworth, Utah
  13. 3.3 8 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah
  14. 1.9 20 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
  15. 1.9 10 km NW of Fairview, 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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