Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6md
27.6 km WNW of Mapleton, UT
Yes. A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 27.6 km WNW of Mapleton, UT, 40 km (25 mi) SE of Provo, UT, at 12:56 pm MST on 17 November 2020 (19:56 UTC), 17 km deep.
40 km (25 mi) SE of Provo, UT
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Utah County, 34 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Strawberry fault, 13 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2186 days ago
Earthquake alerts for Mapleton, UT
Get a notification in this browser when USGS records an earthquake near Mapleton, UT. No account or email needed.
Alerts are on for .
Not a warning. An alert comes after USGS publishes a quake, usually minutes after the shaking. For early warning use ShakeAlert, through your phone's Wireless Emergency Alerts or the MyShake app.
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. 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Mapleton, Woodland Hills.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.1 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 1,300,000× 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 8.1 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 40.0002, -111.3027. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah County, UT | 34 km (21 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 39 km (24 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Carbon County, UT | 71 km (44 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Carbon County |
| Sanpete County, UT | 74 km (46 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Sanpete County |
| Duchesne County, UT | 81 km (50 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Duchesne County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 91 km (57 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 10 km ESE of Fairview, Utah
- 1.5 8 km NNE of Fountain Green, Utah
- 1.7 8 km NW of Helper, Utah
- 2.7 15 km E of Independence, Utah
- 2.7 Utah
- 1.5 28 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
- 2.4 28 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
- 1.7 28 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
- 1.6 10 km ESE of Fairview, Utah
- 1.7 8 km NNW of Helper, Utah
- 1.6 11 km W of Clear Creek, Utah
- 1.9 3 km NNE of Mount Pleasant, Utah
- 1.8 Utah
- 1.8 3 km N of Mount Pleasant, Utah
- 2.6 3 km N of Mount Pleasant, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.