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M 3.3ml

Earthquake near Price, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Price in the 24 hours to 2:45 am MST (09:45 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 12 km (7 mi) N, at 6:49 pm MDT on 7 May 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Price

This page: a magnitude 3.3 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) northeast of Price, UT, at 6:36 pm MDT on 14 October 2020 (00:36 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 8 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah

99 km (62 mi) SE of Provo, UT

6:36 pm MDT, Oct 14, 2020 · · -3.1 km deep · released about 1.5 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carbon County 11 kmDuchesne County 69 kmEmery County 78 kmWasatch County 79 kmSanpete County 83 kmUtah County 93 kmUintah County 112 km
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
6:36 pm MDT on 14 October 2020 ()
Where
15 km (9 mi) northeast of Price, UT · earthquakes near Price
Magnitude
M 3.3 (ml)
Depth
-3.1 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Carbon County, 11 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2017 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 54 km (34 mi) from the epicentre. In Price, 15 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: Price 15 km, intensity III · East Carbon City 31 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.5 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 4,900× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 3,500× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.3 about 1.5 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 3.2× 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

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 39.7100, -110.7127. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Carbon County, UT 11 km (7 mi) ESE earthquakes near Carbon County
Duchesne County, UT 69 km (43 mi) NNE earthquakes near Duchesne County
Emery County, UT 78 km (48 mi) S earthquakes near Emery County
Wasatch County, UT 79 km (49 mi) NNW earthquakes near Wasatch County
Sanpete County, UT 83 km (52 mi) WSW earthquakes near Sanpete County
Utah County, UT 93 km (58 mi) WNW earthquakes near Utah 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. 1.6 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  2. 1.6 16 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  3. 1.6 Utah
  4. 1.9 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  5. 2.0 14 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  6. 1.6 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  7. 1.8 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  8. 2.1 16 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  9. 1.5 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  10. 2.0 16 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  11. 1.6 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  12. 1.7 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  13. 1.7 16 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  14. 1.5 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah
  15. 1.7 6 km W of Hiawatha, 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.

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