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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

9 km NW of Fairview, Utah

· 16 km deep · released about 26 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 35 kmUtah County 50 kmWasatch County 79 kmCarbon County 80 kmEmery County 102 kmSevier County 107 kmJuab County 109 kmSalt Lake County 115 kmDuchesne County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 35 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2148 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 26 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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

Epicentre 39.6845, -111.5218. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 35 km (22 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Utah County, UT 50 km (31 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Utah County
Wasatch County, UT 79 km (49 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Wasatch County
Carbon County, UT 80 km (50 mi) W of here earthquakes near Carbon County
Emery County, UT 102 km (63 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Emery County
Sevier County, UT 107 km (67 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sevier County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 7 km E of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  2. 1.5 15 km S of Levan, Utah
  3. 2.1 9 km ENE of Fairview, Utah
  4. 1.5 10 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah
  5. 2.1 9 km WSW of Levan, Utah
  6. 1.5 7 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah
  7. 2.7 11 km WSW of Spring Glen, Utah
  8. 1.6 17 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah
  9. 1.6 17 km WNW of Levan, Utah
  10. 1.6 8 km W of Clear Creek, Utah
  11. 2.3 19 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  12. 1.6 12 km ESE of Spring City, Utah
  13. 2.2 Utah
  14. 1.7 6 km SSW of Rocky Ridge, Utah
  15. 1.6 12 km WSW of Levan, 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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