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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

13 km SSE of Minersville, Utah

· 6.5 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Beaver County 43 kmIron County 44 kmPiute County 69 kmMillard County 98 kmWashington County 108 kmSevier County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Beaver County, 43 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2421 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 8.7 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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.

Where

Epicentre 38.1015, -112.8625. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Beaver County, UT 43 km (27 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Beaver County
Iron County, UT 44 km (28 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Iron County
Piute County, UT 69 km (43 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Piute County
Millard County, UT 98 km (61 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Millard County
Washington County, UT 108 km (67 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Sevier County, UT 116 km (72 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sevier 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.

  1. 2.0 9 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
  2. 1.5 15 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
  3. 1.8 14 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
  4. 1.6 9 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
  5. 1.8 16 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
  6. 2.0 4 km SSW of Summit, Utah
  7. 1.7 20 km WSW of Minersville, Utah
  8. 2.1 1 km NE of Beaver, Utah
  9. 2.4 4 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
  10. 2.2 6 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
  11. 2.5 5 km SW of Circleville, Utah
  12. 2.3 6 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
  13. 2.1 4 km NNW of Enoch, Utah
  14. 1.6 4 km W of Circleville, Utah
  15. 1.7 10 km NW of Cedar City, 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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