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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

7 km NW of Panguitch, Utah

· 5.8 km deep · released about 280 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Piute County 60 kmIron County 72 kmBeaver County 85 kmKane County 89 kmGarfield County 91 kmWashington County 111 kmSevier County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Piute County, 60 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2484 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 280 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 55,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 39,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 37.8720, -112.4863. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Piute County, UT 60 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Piute County
Iron County, UT 72 km (45 mi) E of here earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 85 km (53 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Beaver County
Kane County, UT 89 km (55 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kane County
Garfield County, UT 91 km (57 mi) W of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Washington County, UT 111 km (69 mi) NE of here 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.

  1. 2.6 15 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
  2. 4.4 15 km SW of Circleville, Utah
  3. 2.5 5 km NW of Circleville, Utah
  4. 1.8 4 km WNW of Circleville, Utah
  5. 2.8 7 km NW of Circleville, Utah
  6. 1.7 9 km ESE of Beaver, Utah
  7. 2.9 12 km NW of Summit, Utah
  8. 1.8 13 km SW of Hatch, Utah
  9. 2.0 5 km NW of Circleville, Utah
  10. 1.8 9 km W of Circleville, Utah
  11. 1.6 8 km ESE of Panguitch, Utah
  12. 1.8 11 km SSW of Hatch, Utah
  13. 2.3 14 km SW of Antimony, Utah
  14. 1.6 16 km SE of Hatch, Utah
  15. 2.3 12 km SSE of Beaver, 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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