Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5md
Earthquake near Heber City, UT
USGS: 11 km ESE of Woodland, Utah
74 km (46 mi) ESE of Salt Lake City, UT · 57 km (35 mi) NE of Provo, UT
- When
- 10:01 am MST on 7 November 2019 ()
- Where
- 27 km (17 mi) E of Heber City, UT · earthquakes near Heber City
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Wasatch County, 24 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2521 days ago
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) E of Heber City, UT, at 10:01 am MST on 7 November 2019 (17:01 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Francis, Kamas, Oakley, Daniel.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2016-05-25 — about 5,800 times the energy of this one.
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 40.5482, -111.1033. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasatch County, UT | 24 km (15 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Summit County, UT | 38 km (23 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Duchesne County, UT | 64 km (40 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Duchesne County |
| Utah County, UT | 68 km (42 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 71 km (44 mi) | W | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Morgan County, UT | 72 km (45 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Morgan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
47 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 42 km SSE of Evanston, Wyoming
- 2.2 25 km SSE of Independence, Utah
- 1.5 24 km SSE of Independence, Utah
- 2.0 25 km SSE of Independence, Utah
- 1.8 6 km ESE of Daniel, Utah
- 1.7 4 km WNW of Silver Summit, Utah
- 2.8 6 km WNW of Independence, Utah
- 1.9 9 km W of Independence, Utah
- 1.6 7 km SSE of Wallsburg, Utah
- 2.3 4 km WNW of Independence, Utah
- 2.3 6 km SSW of Wallsburg, Utah
- 3.9 4 km WNW of Independence, Utah
- 1.6 25 km NW of Tabiona, Utah
- 1.6 5 km SSE of Hideout, Utah
- 2.1 5 km SE of Snowbird, 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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