4 km NW of Cane Beds, Arizona

2021-01-18 10:36 UTC · 20 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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: 2021-01-18 10:36 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.6 (ml)
Depth: 20 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Washington County, 59 km WNW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2010 days ago · we first saw it 2010 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 68,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 48,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.3× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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

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Epicentre 36.9705, -112.9295. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Washington County, UT	59 km (37 mi)	ESE of here	earthquakes near Washington County
Kane County, UT	104 km (65 mi)	WSW of here	earthquakes near Kane County
Iron County, UT	110 km (68 mi)	SSE of here	earthquakes near Iron County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.8 8 km E of Fredonia, Arizona 07:32 UTC
1.8 9 km E of Springdale, Utah 22:26 UTC
1.6 10 km E of Fredonia, Arizona 15:29 UTC
1.6 Arizona 17:46 UTC
2.0 2 km ESE of Springdale, Utah 20:10 UTC
1.9 4 km E of Springdale, Utah 19:24 UTC
1.6 4 km ESE of Springdale, Utah 19:24 UTC
1.5 13 km NE of Hildale, Utah 13:05 UTC
1.9 6 km NNE of Fredonia, Arizona 19:23 UTC
2.2 5 km SSE of Kanab, Utah 18:59 UTC
1.8 Utah 23:26 UTC
1.9 9 km ENE of Fredonia, Arizona 00:33 UTC
1.9 6 km ENE of Kanab, Utah 09:50 UTC
1.8 2 km ESE of Colorado City, Arizona 20:29 UTC
2.1 2 km ESE of Colorado City, Arizona 16:11 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 18:29 UTC. 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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