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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

25 km NW of Sutherland, Utah

· 2.8 km deep · released about 9.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Juab County 17 kmMillard County 73 kmTooele County 104 kmSanpete County 109 kmUtah County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
2.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Juab County, 17 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2673 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 9.3 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 100× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.3 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 39.5643, -112.8257. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Juab County, UT 17 km (11 mi) S of here earthquakes near Juab County
Millard County, UT 73 km (45 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Millard County
Tooele County, UT 104 km (64 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tooele County
Sanpete County, UT 109 km (68 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Utah County, UT 117 km (72 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Utah County
Sevier County, UT 126 km (78 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sevier County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 34 km SSW of Dugway, Utah
  2. 1.5 38 km SSW of Dugway, Utah
  3. 1.6 38 km SSW of Dugway, 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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