Earthquake near Beaver, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Beaver in the 24 hours to 2:51 am MST (09:51 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 10 km (6 mi) ESE, at 6:22 pm MST on 11 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Beaver

This page: a magnitude 4.4 earthquake was recorded 28 km (18 mi) southeast of Beaver, UT, at 5:47 am MDT on 3 October 2020 (11:47 UTC), 8.3 km deep. 274 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 15 km SW of Circleville, Utah

5:47 am MDT, Oct 3, 2020 · 2020-10-03 11:47 UTC · 8.3 km deep · released about 64 tons of TNT

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Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.

When: 5:47 am MDT on 3 October 2020 (2020-10-03 11:47 UTC)
Where: 28 km (18 mi) southeast of Beaver, UT · earthquakes near Beaver
Magnitude: M 4.4 (ml)
Depth: 8.3 km below the surface
Felt: 274 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking: intensity V (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert: green
Nearest: Piute County, 37 km NE
Nearest mapped fault: Sevier/Toroweap fault, 21 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2019 days ago · we first saw it 2019 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 131 km (81 mi) from the epicentre. In Beaver, 28 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.

Likely felt in: Beaver 28 km, intensity III · Panguitch 30 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 64 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 2,600× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 83× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 4.4 about 64 tons of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 130× more

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 (31 mi) since our catalogue begins in 2016. No other earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded this close in that time.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

6.6 Near Marysvale, Utah · 45 km N of this epicentre Nov 14, 1901

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Piute County, UT	37 km (23 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Piute County
Beaver County, UT	77 km (48 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Beaver County
Iron County, UT	80 km (50 mi)	WSW	earthquakes near Iron County
Garfield County, UT	90 km (56 mi)	ESE	earthquakes near Garfield County
Sevier County, UT	90 km (56 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Sevier County
Kane County, UT	105 km (65 mi)	SSE	earthquakes near Kane 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.

1.6 8 km WNW of Marysvale, Utah 13:30 UTC
1.9 12 km N of Antimony, Utah 09:31 UTC
2.2 2 km NE of Beaver, Utah 08:35 UTC
1.7 7 km NW of Circleville, Utah 13:24 UTC
1.8 7 km SW of Marysvale, Utah 20:21 UTC
2.2 14 km W of Panguitch, Utah 16:56 UTC
2.6 15 km ESE of Paragonah, Utah 16:28 UTC
2.1 13 km ESE of Paragonah, Utah 16:14 UTC
2.3 15 km W of Panguitch, Utah 09:29 UTC
2.3 15 km W of Panguitch, Utah 20:20 UTC
1.8 14 km ESE of Paragonah, Utah 20:14 UTC
2.1 19 km SSE of Minersville, Utah 00:05 UTC
2.0 5 km SE of Paragonah, Utah 02:15 UTC
2.5 20 km N of Paragonah, Utah 16:58 UTC
2.0 9 km NNW of Hatch, Utah 13:22 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 09:51 UTC. 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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