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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Hildale, UT

USGS: 7 km NE of Hildale, Utah

59 km (37 mi) E of St. George, UT

5:10 am MDT, Jun 2, 2020 · · 14 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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When
5:10 am MDT on 2 June 2020 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) NE of Hildale, UT · earthquakes near Hildale
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 57 km WNW
Nearest mapped fault
Sevier/Toroweap fault, 17 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 2314 days ago

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) NE of Hildale, UT, at 5:10 am MDT on 2 June 2020 (11:10 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Colorado City, Centennial Park.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 37.0472, -112.9088. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Washington County, UT 57 km (35 mi) WNW earthquakes near Washington County
Kane County, UT 100 km (62 mi) ENE earthquakes near Kane County
Iron County, UT 102 km (63 mi) NNW earthquakes near Iron County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 20 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  2. 1.7 20 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  3. 1.8 20 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  4. 2.3 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  5. 1.6 22 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  6. 1.6 21 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  7. 2.3 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  8. 3.1 20 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  9. 2.1 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  10. 1.7 11 km ENE of Hildale, Utah
  11. 2.0 10 km SE of New Harmony, Utah
  12. 1.7 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
  13. 2.2 6 km E of Washington, Utah
  14. 1.7 12 km SSE of Fredonia, Arizona
  15. 2.1 8 km E of Kaibab, Arizona

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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