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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Cedar City, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Cedar City in the 24 hours to 3:40 am MST (10:40 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 16 km (10 mi) N, at 10:46 am MST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Cedar City

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) south of Cedar City, UT, at 1:26 pm MST on 14 November 2019 (20:26 UTC), 6.3 km deep.

USGS: 9 km S of Cedar City, Utah

74 km (46 mi) NE of St. George, UT

1:26 pm MST, Nov 14, 2019 · · 6.3 km deep · released about 9.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Iron County 42 kmWashington County 54 kmBeaver County 87 kmKane County 114 kmPiute County 115 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
1:26 pm MST on 14 November 2019 ()
Where
9 km (6 mi) south of Cedar City, UT · earthquakes near Cedar City
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Iron County, 42 km NNW
Nearest mapped fault
Hurricane fault, 5 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 2556 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 Cedar City, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.

Likely felt in: Cedar City 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 9.6 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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:

  1. 6.3 Near Pine Valley, Utah · 46 km WSW 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 37.5945, -113.0443. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Iron County, UT 42 km (26 mi) NNW earthquakes near Iron County
Washington County, UT 54 km (33 mi) SW earthquakes near Washington County
Beaver County, UT 87 km (54 mi) NNW earthquakes near Beaver County
Kane County, UT 114 km (71 mi) ESE earthquakes near Kane County
Piute County, UT 115 km (71 mi) NE earthquakes near Piute County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 12 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah
  2. 1.5 15 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
  3. 1.8 14 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
  4. 1.8 16 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
  5. 2.0 4 km SSW of Summit, Utah
  6. 1.7 3 km WSW of Cedar City, Utah
  7. 2.0 Utah
  8. 2.1 4 km NNW of Enoch, Utah
  9. 1.6 12 km ESE of Pine Valley, Utah
  10. 1.7 10 km NW of Cedar City, Utah
  11. 1.5 13 km NNE of Pine Valley, Utah
  12. 1.6 6 km WSW of Cedar City, Utah
  13. 2.9 12 km NW of Summit, Utah
  14. 1.9 10 km NNE of Pine Valley, Utah
  15. 1.7 10 km NW of Orderville, 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

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