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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

14 km NW of Paragonah, Utah

· 8.0 km deep · released about 35 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Iron County 36 kmBeaver County 52 kmPiute County 79 kmWashington County 94 kmMillard County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
8.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Iron County, 36 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2357 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 35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 37.9703, -112.9082. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Iron County, UT 36 km (22 mi) E of here earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 52 km (32 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Beaver County
Piute County, UT 79 km (49 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Piute County
Washington County, UT 94 km (58 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Millard County, UT 111 km (69 mi) S of here earthquakes near Millard County
Kane County, UT 123 km (77 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 19 km SSE of Minersville, Utah
  2. 2.0 5 km SE of Paragonah, Utah
  3. 2.5 20 km N of Paragonah, Utah
  4. 2.0 9 km NNW of Hatch, Utah
  5. 1.7 32 km NNE of Newcastle, Utah
  6. 1.7 17 km NE of Paragonah, Utah
  7. 1.8 8 km NW of Cedar City, Utah
  8. 1.6 9 km WSW of Beaver, Utah
  9. 2.1 12 km E of Brian Head, Utah
  10. 1.6 12 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
  11. 2.1 5 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
  12. 1.9 Utah
  13. 2.4 9 km S of Cedar City, Utah
  14. 2.0 11 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah
  15. 1.6 12 km SSE 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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