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M 1.5md
Earthquake near Tooele, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Tooele in the 24 hours to 3:44 pm MST (22:44 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 11 km (7 mi) E, at 10:08 am MDT on 10 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Tooele
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) east of Tooele, UT, at 7:58 am MDT on 7 May 2020 (13:58 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 6 km SSW of Bingham Canyon, Utah
17 km (11 mi) SW of West Jordan, UT · 12 km (8 mi) W of Herriman, UT
- When
- 7:58 am MDT on 7 May 2020 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) east of Tooele, UT · earthquakes near Tooele
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- -0.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Salt Lake County, 27 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Oquirrh 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 2381 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Tooele, 11 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Herriman, Erda, Oquirrh, Stansbury park, Riverton, Bluffdale.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.7 on 2020-03-18 — about 1,800,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 Near Salt Lake City, Utah · 37 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.0 1 km NE of Magna, Utah · 24 km NNE 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 40.5108, -112.1650. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake County, UT | 27 km (17 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Davis County, UT | 59 km (36 mi) | N | earthquakes near Davis County |
| Utah County, UT | 60 km (38 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Tooele County, UT | 81 km (50 mi) | W | earthquakes near Tooele County |
| Morgan County, UT | 81 km (50 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 87 km (54 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Wasatch 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.
- 1.7 1 km NE of Magna, Utah
- 2.5 1 km NNE of Magna, Utah
- 2.1 3 km NE of Magna, Utah
- 2.1 3 km NE of Magna, Utah
- 1.8 5 km SSW of Bingham Canyon, Utah
- 1.9 2 km SSE of North Salt Lake, Utah
- 1.5 5 km SSW of Bingham Canyon, Utah
- 1.9 1 km ESE of Magna, Utah
- 1.8 4 km ENE of Stansbury park, Utah
- 1.8 1 km NE of Magna, Utah
- 1.7 5 km NNE of Magna, Utah
- 2.1 6 km SW of Herriman, Utah
- 1.6 3 km E of Magna, Utah
- 1.8 18 km NNW of Magna, Utah
- 1.5 3 km NE of Magna, 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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