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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

9 km SE of Scipio, Utah

· 3.8 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 44 kmSevier County 52 kmJuab County 89 kmPiute County 95 kmMillard County 99 kmUtah County 108 kmEmery County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
3.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 44 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2133 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 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 39.1847, -112.0197. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 44 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Sevier County, UT 52 km (32 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Juab County, UT 89 km (55 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Juab County
Piute County, UT 95 km (59 mi) N of here earthquakes near Piute County
Millard County, UT 99 km (62 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Millard County
Utah County, UT 108 km (67 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Utah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 15 km NE of Scipio, Utah
  2. 2.5 5 km NE of Scipio, Utah
  3. 1.8 14 km N of Fayette, Utah
  4. 1.5 15 km N of Scipio, Utah
  5. 3.0 Utah
  6. 2.0 9 km ESE of Scipio, Utah
  7. 1.6 8 km SE of Mayfield, Utah
  8. 1.8 14 km WSW of Levan, Utah
  9. 1.7 11 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  10. 1.9 13 km WSW of Levan, Utah
  11. 1.9 12 km WSW of Levan, Utah
  12. 1.8 10 km W of Fayette, Utah
  13. 2.0 7 km SW of Fayette, Utah
  14. 1.8 5 km WSW of Richfield, Utah
  15. 1.7 10 km NW of Fayette, 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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