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M 2.3ml
Earthquake near Parowan, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Parowan in the 24 hours to 2:25 pm MST (21:25 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 10 km (6 mi) WSW, at 8:04 pm MDT on 28 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Parowan
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded in Parowan, UT, at 2:21 pm MDT on 9 April 2020 (20:21 UTC), 2.6 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 1 km NNW of Parowan, Utah
- When
- 2:21 pm MDT on 9 April 2020 ()
- Where
- in Parowan, UT · earthquakes near Parowan
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Iron County, 41 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Cedar City-Parowan monocline (and faults), 3 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 2326 days ago
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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 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Enoch 19 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 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 37.8570, -112.8388. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron County, UT | 41 km (26 mi) | W | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 66 km (41 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Beaver County |
| Piute County, UT | 82 km (51 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Washington County, UT | 87 km (54 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Kane County, UT | 111 km (69 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Sevier County, UT | 133 km (83 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Sevier 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 9 km S of Cedar City, Utah
- 2.0 11 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
- 1.6 12 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah
- 1.5 5.4 km WNW of Minersville, UT
- 2.0 9 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 2.0 9 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.5 15 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
- 1.8 14 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
- 1.6 9 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.8 16 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
- 2.0 4 km SSW of Summit, Utah
- 1.7 3 km WSW of Cedar City, Utah
- 2.0 Utah
- 1.7 20 km WSW of Minersville, Utah
- 2.1 4 km NNW of Enoch, 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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