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M 1.7md

Earthquake near Tremonton, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Tremonton in the 24 hours to 2:57 pm MST (21:57 UTC). The last one was M 4.7, 140 km (87 mi) SE, at 7:49 am MST on 22 January 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4,305 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Tremonton

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 49 km (30 mi) west-northwest of Tremonton, UT, at 3:43 pm MST on 18 December 2020 (22:43 UTC), 1.5 km deep.

USGS: 18 km S of Snowville, Utah

3:43 pm MST, Dec 18, 2020 · · 1.5 km deep · released about 9.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Box Elder County 33 kmOneida County 47 kmCache County 83 kmFranklin County 87 kmCassia County 91 kmWeber County 93 kmDavis County 96 kmPower County 100 kmBannock County 108 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
3:43 pm MST on 18 December 2020 ()
Where
49 km (30 mi) west-northwest of Tremonton, UT · earthquakes near Tremonton
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
1.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Box Elder County, 33 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Hansel Valley fault, 2 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 2154 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Tremonton, 49 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 9.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 100× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.3 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.

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 lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.6 The 1934 Hansel Valley, Utah Earthquake · 16 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 17 km NE of Snowville, Utah · 33 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 35 km SSW of Howell, Utah · 30 km S of this epicentre
  4. 5.6 Hansel Valley, Utah · 4 km E of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 56 km SW of Howell, Utah · 39 km SSW of this epicentre

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 41.7975, -112.7425. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Box Elder County, UT 33 km (20 mi) SW earthquakes near Box Elder County
Oneida County, ID 47 km (29 mi) NNE earthquakes near Oneida County
Cache County, UT 83 km (52 mi) E earthquakes near Cache County
Franklin County, ID 87 km (54 mi) ENE earthquakes near Franklin County
Cassia County, ID 91 km (56 mi) NW earthquakes near Cassia County
Weber County, UT 93 km (58 mi) SE earthquakes near Weber 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. 1.8 11 km SSW of Malad City, Idaho
  2. 2.4 17 km ENE of Snowville, Utah
  3. 1.6 11 km SSW of Malad City, Idaho
  4. 1.7 Utah
  5. 1.6 Utah
  6. 1.8 13 km NNE of Howell, Utah
  7. 2.1 12 km NNE of Howell, Utah
  8. 1.6 Utah
  9. 1.9 5 km W of Garland, Utah
  10. 1.5 10 km SSW of Malad City, Idaho
  11. 2.1 2 km SSW of Howell, Utah
  12. 1.7 9 km E of Snowville, Utah
  13. 1.6 14 km WNW of Howell, Utah
  14. 1.7 24 km SSW of Snowville, Utah
  15. 2.0 19 km S of Snowville, 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

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