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M 1.6md

10 km WNW of Glendale, Utah

· 13 km deep · released about 7.1 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 70 kmKane County 79 kmIron County 81 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
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 70 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2053 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 7.1 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 37.3557, -112.7085. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, UT 70 km (43 mi) E of here earthquakes near Washington County
Kane County, UT 79 km (49 mi) W of here earthquakes near Kane County
Iron County, UT 81 km (50 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Iron County
Piute County, UT 120 km (75 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Piute County
Beaver County, UT 121 km (75 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Beaver County
Garfield County, UT 123 km (76 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Garfield County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 24 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  2. 2.5 20 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  3. 2.4 19 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  4. 1.7 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  5. 2.6 19 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  6. 1.9 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  7. 2.1 20 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  8. 2.0 19 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  9. 2.3 19 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  10. 2.4 19 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  11. 1.6 20 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  12. 2.8 22 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  13. 2.1 22 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  14. 3.6 9 km E of Springdale, Utah
  15. 2.5 22 km ESE of Kanarraville, 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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