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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Enterprise, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Enterprise in the 24 hours to 10:01 am MST (17:01 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 14 km (9 mi) SSW, at 1:11 am MDT on 29 March 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Enterprise
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) west-southwest of Enterprise, UT, at 1:36 pm MDT on 4 August 2020 (19:36 UTC), 13 km deep.
USGS: 39 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- When
- 1:36 pm MDT on 4 August 2020 ()
- Where
- 48 km (30 mi) west-southwest of Enterprise, UT · earthquakes near Enterprise
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Washington County, 63 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2291 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Enterprise, 48 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 8,800 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 9 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 4 km N of this epicentre
- 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 42 km W of this epicentre
- 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 4 km N 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 37.3615, -114.1933. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, UT | 63 km (39 mi) | E | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Lincoln County, NV | 66 km (41 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Iron County, UT | 99 km (62 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 139 km (86 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Beaver County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 10 km WSW of Santa Clara, Utah
- 1.8 19 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 3.3 Nevada
- 2.0 28 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.9 35 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.5 27 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 47 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada
- 1.7 19 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
- 1.9 28 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.7 11 km N of Beaver Dam, Arizona
- 1.6 14 km WSW of Dammeron Valley, Utah
- 2.1 Utah
- 1.7 32 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.2 35 km W of Veyo, Utah
- 1.6 44 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
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
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- 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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