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M 4.3ml

28 km E of La Sal, Utah

· 0.0 km deep · released about 46 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Miguel County 53 kmMontrose County 60 kmDolores County 71 kmMesa County 92 kmGrand County 96 kmOuray County 101 kmSan Juan County 106 kmMontezuma County 108 kmDelta County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 4.3 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
21 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity VI (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
San Miguel County, 53 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2038 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 21 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 46 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 3,700× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.3 about 46 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 95× more

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 38.2732, -108.9293. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Miguel County, CO 53 km (33 mi) NW of here earthquakes near San Miguel County
Montrose County, CO 60 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Montrose County
Dolores County, CO 71 km (44 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Dolores County
Mesa County, CO 92 km (57 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Mesa County
Grand County, UT 96 km (60 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Grand County
Ouray County, CO 101 km (62 mi) W of here earthquakes near Ouray County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 26 km ESE of La Sal, Utah
  2. 2.0 29 km E of La Sal, Utah
  3. 1.6 28 km ESE of La Sal, Utah
  4. 2.1 28 km E of La Sal, Utah
  5. 2.2 28 km E of La Sal, Utah
  6. 2.0 28 km E of La Sal, Utah
  7. 2.1 28 km E of La Sal, Utah
  8. 1.6 30 km E of La Sal, Utah
  9. 1.5 29 km E of La Sal, Utah
  10. 1.5 29 km E of La Sal, Utah
  11. 2.1 20 km WSW of Naturita, Colorado
  12. 1.7 28 km E of La Sal, Utah
  13. 2.3 29 km E of La Sal, UT
  14. 1.9 28 km E of La Sal, Utah
  15. 1.7 28 km E of La Sal, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.5 on 2019-03-04 — it released about 1.8 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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