12 km ESE of Pine Valley, Utah

2020-10-20 11:01 UTC · 5.5 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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: 2020-10-20 11:01 UTC
Magnitude: M 1.6 (ml)
Depth: 5.5 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Washington County, 14 km SW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2168 days ago · we first saw it 2168 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 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 2,000,000× 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 3.0 130× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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.

Where

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Epicentre 37.3520, -113.3842. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Washington County, UT	14 km (8 mi)	NE of here	earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT	62 km (39 mi)	S of here	earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT	113 km (70 mi)	S of here	earthquakes near Beaver County
Piute County, UT	155 km (96 mi)	SW of here	earthquakes near Piute County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.3 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah 12:29 UTC
3.1 20 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah 11:15 UTC
2.1 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah 09:25 UTC
1.5 12 km S of Cedar City, Utah 02:20 UTC
1.6 4 km NNE of Saint George, Utah 00:16 UTC
2.0 10 km SE of New Harmony, Utah 08:56 UTC
1.6 23 km WNW of Veyo, Utah 04:05 UTC
2.2 4 km E of New Harmony, Utah 23:11 UTC
1.7 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah 06:30 UTC
1.5 7 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah 03:23 UTC
1.8 8 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah 21:44 UTC
2.2 6 km E of Washington, Utah 21:13 UTC
1.9 9 km S of Cedar City, Utah 09:30 UTC
1.6 11 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah 07:32 UTC
1.7 12 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah 01:59 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 18:50 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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