Earthquake near Saint George, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Saint George in the 24 hours to 2:16 pm MST (21:16 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 95 km (59 mi) W, at 1:16 am MDT on 6 June 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 37 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Saint George

This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) south-southeast of Saint George, UT, at 5:30 am MDT on 21 May 2019 (11:30 UTC), 7.7 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 15 km SSE of Saint George, Utah

13 km (8 mi) SSE of St. George, UT

5:30 am MDT, May 21, 2019 · 2019-05-21 11:30 UTC · 7.7 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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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: 5:30 am MDT on 21 May 2019 (2019-05-21 11:30 UTC)
Where: 16 km (10 mi) south-southeast of Saint George, UT · earthquakes near Saint George
Magnitude: M 2.6 (ml)
Depth: 7.7 km below the surface
Felt: 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest: Washington County, 32 km N
Nearest mapped fault: Washington fault, 3 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2649 days ago · we first saw it 2649 days ago

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 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Saint George, 16 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.

Likely felt in: Saint George 16 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

6.3 Near Pine Valley, Utah · 47 km N of this epicentre Nov 17, 1902
5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 14 km N of this epicentre Sep 2, 1992

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
Washington County, UT	32 km (20 mi)	N	earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT	106 km (66 mi)	N	earthquakes near Iron County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.5 27 km SSE of Saint George, Utah 23:41 UTC
1.6 4 km NNE of Saint George, Utah 00:16 UTC
2.3 32 km S of Saint George, Utah 12:36 UTC
2.2 6 km E of Washington, Utah 21:13 UTC
2.0 4 km WNW of Washington, Utah 16:40 UTC
1.5 11 km WSW of Veyo, Utah 05:02 UTC
1.7 23 km E of Littlefield, Arizona 20:29 UTC
1.6 17 km WSW of Ivins, Utah 07:59 UTC
2.1 Arizona 13:51 UTC
1.6 16 km SW of Santa Clara, Utah 18:21 UTC
1.6 8 km SSE of Washington, Utah 23:14 UTC
1.6 16 km SSE of Saint George, Utah 01:01 UTC
1.6 12 km ESE of Pine Valley, Utah 11:01 UTC
1.9 22 km SSW of Saint George, Utah 15:18 UTC
2.7 22 km SSW of Centennial Park, Arizona 08:55 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 21:16 UTC. 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
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ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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