Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Ogden, UT
USGS: 20 km WSW of Corinne, Utah
84 km (52 mi) NNW of Salt Lake City, UT · 41 km (25 mi) NW of Ogden, UT
- When
- 11:29 pm MDT on 26 October 2019 ()
- Where
- 41 km (25 mi) NW of Ogden, UT · earthquakes near Ogden
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- -0.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Weber County, 44 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Great Salt Lake fault, 21 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 2530 days ago
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 41 km (25 mi) NW of Ogden, UT, at 11:29 pm MDT on 26 October 2019 (05:29 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Perry, Willard, Brigham City, South Willard, Honeyville, Plain City.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 92× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.6 The 1934 Hansel Valley, Utah Earthquake · 44 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.9 35 km SSW of Howell, Utah · 30 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.6 Hansel Valley, Utah · 48 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.2 27 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 14 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.1 27 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 14 km WNW of this epicentre
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 41.4718, -112.3332. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weber County, UT | 44 km (27 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Weber County |
| Davis County, UT | 50 km (31 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Davis County |
| Cache County, UT | 57 km (35 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Cache County |
| Box Elder County, UT | 63 km (39 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Box Elder County |
| Morgan County, UT | 76 km (47 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Oneida County, ID | 81 km (50 mi) | N | earthquakes near Oneida County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 42 km SW of Howell, Utah
- 1.6 42 km WSW of Howell, Utah
- 2.2 42 km WSW of Howell, Utah
- 2.3 41 km WSW of Howell, Utah
- 1.8 45 km SW of Howell, Utah
- 1.8 47 km SW of Howell, Utah
- 3.5 47 km SW of Howell, Utah
- 2.2 6 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah
- 1.5 12 km NW of Plain City, Utah
- 1.6 5 km ENE of Howell, Utah
- 1.5 6 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah
- 2.0 6 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah
- 2.9 5 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah
- 1.5 6 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah
- 2.7 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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