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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Nephi, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Nephi in the 24 hours to 3:30 am MST (10:30 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 10 km (6 mi) SW, at 10:00 pm MST on 1 January 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Nephi
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 22 km (13 mi) west-southwest of Nephi, UT, at 9:46 am MDT on 16 May 2019 (15:46 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 21 km WNW of Levan, Utah
- When
- 9:46 am MDT on 16 May 2019 ()
- Where
- 22 km (13 mi) west-southwest of Nephi, UT · earthquakes near Nephi
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sanpete County, 53 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Little Valley faults, 17 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 2738 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Nephi, 22 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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: Mona.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 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 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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:
- 5.0 3 km WSW of Nephi, Utah · 18 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.0 1 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah · 33 km NNE 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 39.6520, -112.0760. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanpete County, UT | 53 km (33 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Sanpete County |
| Juab County, UT | 62 km (38 mi) | W | earthquakes near Juab County |
| Utah County, UT | 63 km (39 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Sevier County, UT | 103 km (64 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sevier County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 109 km (68 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 114 km (71 mi) | N | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.2 16 km SSW of Levan, Utah
- 2.3 17 km SSW of Levan, Utah
- 1.6 13 km W of Mona, Utah
- 1.7 17 km SSW of Levan, Utah
- 2.1 16 km SSW of Levan, Utah
- 1.7 15 km SSW of Levan, Utah
- 1.5 9 km W of Levan, Utah
- 2.1 5 km NNE of Fountain Green, Utah
- 1.6 10 km NE of Fountain Green, Utah
- 2.0 4 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah
- 2.3 0 km NW of Mount Nebo, Utah
- 1.7 0 km NNE of Mount Nebo, Utah
- 1.6 6 km S of Fountain Green, Utah
- 1.5 11 km NNE of Scipio, Utah
- 2.0 14.8 km N of Woodland Hills, UT
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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