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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Panguitch, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Panguitch in the 24 hours to 6:17 pm MST (01:17 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 8 km (5 mi) WNW, at 7:10 am MDT on 21 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Panguitch
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 7 km (5 mi) north-northwest of Panguitch, UT, at 9:07 pm MDT on 11 September 2019 (03:07 UTC), 6.0 km deep. 25 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 7 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah
- When
- 9:07 pm MDT on 11 September 2019 ()
- Where
- 7 km (5 mi) north-northwest of Panguitch, UT · earthquakes near Panguitch
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 25 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Piute County, 59 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 14 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 2534 days ago
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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 32 km (20 mi) from the epicentre. In Panguitch, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Panguitch 7 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 720 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 21,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 15,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 720 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
Epicentre 37.8790, -112.4800. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute County, UT | 59 km (37 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Iron County, UT | 73 km (45 mi) | W | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 85 km (53 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Beaver County |
| Kane County, UT | 89 km (55 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Garfield County, UT | 91 km (56 mi) | E | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Washington County, UT | 112 km (70 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Washington County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 14 km SW of Antimony, Utah
- 1.6 16 km SE of Hatch, Utah
- 2.3 12 km SSE of Beaver, Utah
- 2.0 14 km NW of Paragonah, Utah
- 2.3 1 km NNW of Parowan, Utah
- 1.9 2 km N of Parowan, Utah
- 1.9 9 km SW of Circleville, Utah
- 1.7 9 km E of Hatch, Utah
- 1.9 10 km SW of Circleville, Utah
- 2.1 10 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
- 1.7 20 km N of Paragonah, Utah
- 1.6 13 km SSE of Minersville, Utah
- 2.0 7 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.8 9 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.9 7 km NW of Circleville, 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.
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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