Earthquake near Hildale, UT

USGS: 9 km ENE of Hildale, Utah

62 km (39 mi) E of St. George, UT

9:56 pm MDT, Jul 10, 2019 · 2019-07-11 03:56 UTC · 17 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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When: 9:56 pm MDT on 10 July 2019 (2019-07-11 03:56 UTC)
Where: 9 km (6 mi) ENE of Hildale, UT · earthquakes near Hildale
Magnitude: M 2.0 (ml)
Depth: 17 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Washington County, 59 km WNW
Nearest mapped fault: Sevier/Toroweap fault, 15 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2641 days ago · we first saw it 2641 days ago

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) ENE of Hildale, UT, at 9:56 pm MDT on 10 July 2019 (03:56 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Colorado City, Centennial Park.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 33 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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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Epicentre 37.0450, -112.8782. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Washington County, UT	59 km (37 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Washington County
Kane County, UT	98 km (61 mi)	ENE	earthquakes near Kane County
Iron County, UT	103 km (64 mi)	NNW	earthquakes near Iron County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.7 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah 06:05 UTC
1.6 9 km E of Springdale, Utah 23:56 UTC
1.5 12 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah 08:51 UTC
1.6 14 km ENE of Springdale, Utah 00:41 UTC
1.7 14 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona 11:44 UTC
1.8 12 km ESE of Springdale, Utah 05:42 UTC
2.0 12 km ESE of Springdale, Utah 00:45 UTC
1.6 9 km NE of Hildale, Utah 16:30 UTC
1.7 Arizona 19:10 UTC
1.6 3 km E of Hildale, Utah 11:38 UTC
1.7 2 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona 03:54 UTC
2.7 22 km SSW of Centennial Park, Arizona 08:55 UTC
1.8 1 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona 05:29 UTC
2.6 2 km NNW of Cane Beds, Arizona 14:32 UTC
1.7 4 km NNW of Kanab, Utah 17:06 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 03:28 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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