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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Saint George, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Saint George in the 24 hours to 7:29 pm MST (02:29 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 95 km (59 mi) W, at 1:16 am MDT on 6 June 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 37 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Saint George
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) north-northeast of Saint George, UT, at 3:16 pm MDT on 3 August 2020 (21:16 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 10 km NNE of Pine Valley, Utah
46 km (29 mi) N of St. George, UT
- When
- 3:16 pm MDT on 3 August 2020 ()
- Where
- 43 km (27 mi) north-northeast of Saint George, UT · earthquakes near Saint George
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Washington County, 25 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Hurricane fault, 23 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 2224 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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Saint George, 43 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: Enterprise.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — about 3,200 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.3 Near Pine Valley, Utah · 10 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 43 km S 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 37.4840, -113.4788. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, UT | 25 km (15 mi) | S | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Iron County, UT | 50 km (31 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 99 km (62 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Beaver County |
| Piute County, UT | 152 km (94 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Piute County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
42 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 12 km S of Cedar City, Utah
- 1.6 4 km NNE of Saint George, Utah
- 2.0 10 km SE of New Harmony, Utah
- 1.6 23 km WNW of Veyo, Utah
- 2.2 4 km E of New Harmony, Utah
- 1.7 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
- 1.5 7 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
- 1.8 8 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
- 2.2 6 km E of Washington, Utah
- 1.9 9 km S of Cedar City, Utah
- 2.1 18 km NW of Beryl Junction, Utah
- 1.6 11 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah
- 1.7 12 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah
- 1.8 12 km N of New Harmony, Utah
- 1.6 12 km N of New Harmony, 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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