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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Panguitch, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Panguitch in the 24 hours to 4:17 am MST (11:17 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 8 km (5 mi) WNW, at 7:10 am MDT on 21 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Panguitch
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) south of Panguitch, UT, at 6:14 am MST on 15 January 2021 (13:14 UTC), 8.1 km deep.
USGS: 4 km N of Hatch, Utah
- When
- 6:14 am MST on 15 January 2021 ()
- Where
- 15 km (9 mi) south of Panguitch, UT · earthquakes near Panguitch
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 8.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kane County, 71 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 7 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 2127 days ago
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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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Panguitch, 15 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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 6.6 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 2,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2020-10-03 — about 19,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 37.6870, -112.4300. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kane County, UT | 71 km (44 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Piute County, UT | 77 km (48 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Iron County, UT | 81 km (50 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Garfield County, UT | 88 km (54 mi) | E | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Beaver County, UT | 103 km (64 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Beaver County |
| Washington County, UT | 105 km (65 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Washington County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
37 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.6 22 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.8 23 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 3.0 22 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.8 12 km SW of Hatch, Utah
- 1.9 11 km SW of Hatch, Utah
- 1.8 13 km NNW of Alton, Utah
- 1.5 8 km WNW of Parowan, Utah
- 2.4 10 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.6 9 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 2.0 9 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 2.8 9 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 2.0 10 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.9 13 km ENE of Alton, Utah
- 1.7 18 km NW of Panguitch, Utah
- 2.5 10 km WNW of Panguitch, 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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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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