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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Beaver, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Beaver in the 24 hours to 5:45 am MST (12:45 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 10 km (6 mi) ESE, at 6:22 pm MST on 11 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Beaver

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) south-southeast of Beaver, UT, at 7:33 pm MDT on 13 October 2019 (01:33 UTC), 4.8 km deep.

USGS: 21 km SW of Circleville, Utah

7:33 pm MDT, Oct 13, 2019 · · 4.8 km deep · released about 8.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Piute County 44 kmIron County 77 kmBeaver County 78 kmGarfield County 90 kmSevier County 97 kmKane County 101 kmMillard County 119 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
7:33 pm MDT on 13 October 2019 ()
Where
32 km (20 mi) south-southeast of Beaver, UT · earthquakes near Beaver
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Piute County, 44 km NE
Nearest mapped fault
Sevier/Toroweap fault, 16 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 2587 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Beaver, 32 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: Panguitch.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 8.1 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 38.0325, -112.4475. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Piute County, UT 44 km (27 mi) NE earthquakes near Piute County
Iron County, UT 77 km (48 mi) W earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 78 km (48 mi) WNW earthquakes near Beaver County
Garfield County, UT 90 km (56 mi) ESE earthquakes near Garfield County
Sevier County, UT 97 km (60 mi) NE earthquakes near Sevier County
Kane County, UT 101 km (63 mi) SSE earthquakes near Kane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 16 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
  2. 1.9 14 km SW of Circleville, Utah
  3. 2.6 16 km SW of Circleville, Utah
  4. 2.2 15 km SW of Circleville, Utah
  5. 1.8 15 km SW of Circleville, Utah
  6. 2.0 14 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
  7. 2.6 15 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
  8. 4.4 15 km SW of Circleville, Utah
  9. 2.5 5 km NW of Circleville, Utah
  10. 1.8 4 km WNW of Circleville, Utah
  11. 2.8 7 km NW of Circleville, Utah
  12. 1.7 9 km ESE of Beaver, Utah
  13. 1.6 10 km NNE of Minersville, Utah
  14. 2.4 4 km SW of Marysvale, Utah
  15. 2.0 5 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.

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