Earthquake near Salina, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Salina in the 24 hours to 9:46 am MST (16:46 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 8 km (5 mi) SSE, at 11:26 am MDT on 23 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Salina

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) east-northeast of Salina, UT, at 2:32 am MDT on 3 October 2019 (08:32 UTC), 20 km deep.

USGS: 12 km SSE of Mayfield, Utah

2:32 am MDT, Oct 3, 2019 · 2019-10-03 08:32 UTC · 20 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

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When: 2:32 am MDT on 3 October 2019 (2019-10-03 08:32 UTC)
Where: 17 km (11 mi) east-northeast of Salina, UT · earthquakes near Salina
Magnitude: M 1.6 (ml)
Depth: 20 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Sevier County, 31 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault: Snow Lake graben, 22 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2598 days ago · we first saw it 2598 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Salina, 17 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Centerfield, Gunnison, Aurora, Manti.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

5.2 25 km SE of Salina, Utah · 20 km SSE of this epicentre Jan 30, 1989

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
Sevier County, UT	31 km (19 mi)	SSW	earthquakes near Sevier County
Sanpete County, UT	42 km (26 mi)	N	earthquakes near Sanpete County
Emery County, UT	82 km (51 mi)	E	earthquakes near Emery County
Piute County, UT	84 km (52 mi)	SSW	earthquakes near Piute County
Wayne County, UT	101 km (63 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Wayne County
Carbon County, UT	119 km (74 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Carbon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 16:46 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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