Earthquake near Providence, UT

USGS: 12 km E of Providence, Utah

15 km (9 mi) ESE of Logan, UT · 104 km (65 mi) NNE of Salt Lake City, UT

7:36 pm MDT, Mar 19, 2020 · 2020-03-20 01:36 UTC · 13 km deep · released about 180 lb of TNT

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When: 7:36 pm MDT on 19 March 2020 (2020-03-20 01:36 UTC)
Where: 12 km (8 mi) E of Providence, UT · earthquakes near Providence
Magnitude: M 2.5 (ml)
Depth: 13 km below the surface
Felt: 21 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest: Cache County, 8 km NW
Nearest mapped fault: East Cache fault, 10 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1965 days ago · we first saw it 1965 days ago

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) E of Providence, UT, at 7:36 pm MDT on 19 March 2020 (01:36 UTC). 21 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Millville, River Heights, Nibley, North Logan, Logan, Hyrum.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 83,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 59,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.2× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

5.8 8 km W of Garden City, Utah · 31 km NNE of this epicentre Aug 30, 1962
5.5 26 km E of Avon, Utah · 26 km SSE of this epicentre Apr 7, 1934
5.2 16 km ENE of North Logan, Utah · 13 km NNE of this epicentre Mar 17, 1966
5.0 2 km S of Richmond, Utah · 26 km NNW of this epicentre Oct 18, 1964

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Cache County, UT	8 km (5 mi)	NW	earthquakes near Cache County
Rich County, UT	37 km (23 mi)	E	earthquakes near Rich County
Weber County, UT	50 km (31 mi)	SSW	earthquakes near Weber County
Franklin County, ID	55 km (34 mi)	NNW	earthquakes near Franklin County
Morgan County, UT	67 km (42 mi)	S	earthquakes near Morgan County
Bear Lake County, ID	72 km (45 mi)	NNE	earthquakes near Bear Lake County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.1 14 km E of Providence, Utah 00:56 UTC
1.7 13 km SE of Avon, Utah 11:17 UTC
1.6 10 km SE of Avon, Utah 20:08 UTC
2.0 4 km NE of Trenton, Utah 16:41 UTC
1.6 11 km ESE of North Logan, Utah 18:04 UTC
1.8 11 km E of Providence, Utah 20:18 UTC
1.6 12 km E of Huntsville, Utah 16:27 UTC
1.5 6 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah 06:31 UTC
1.5 6 km SW of Corinne, Utah 11:27 UTC
2.4 6 km SW of Corinne, Utah 03:19 UTC
1.7 13 km E of North Logan, Utah 23:02 UTC
1.6 4 km SE of Avon, Utah 09:39 UTC
1.6 12 km ENE of Paradise, Utah 12:44 UTC
1.8 14 km ESE of Richmond, Utah 22:01 UTC
1.9 3 km N of Amalga, Utah 17:19 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 02:48 UTC. 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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