27 km S of Cannonville, Utah

2021-03-26 18:45 UTC · 18 km deep · released about 11 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: 2021-03-26 18:45 UTC
Magnitude: M 1.7 (ml)
Depth: 18 km below the surface
Felt: 1 report
Nearest: Kane County, 22 km ESE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2011 days ago · we first saw it 2011 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 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.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 37.3177, -112.0533. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Kane County, UT	22 km (13 mi)	WNW of here	earthquakes near Kane County
Garfield County, UT	78 km (48 mi)	SW of here	earthquakes near Garfield County
Piute County, UT	113 km (70 mi)	S of here	earthquakes near Piute County
Iron County, UT	129 km (80 mi)	ESE of here	earthquakes near Iron County
Wayne County, UT	140 km (87 mi)	SW of here	earthquakes near Wayne County
Beaver County, UT	156 km (97 mi)	SE of here	earthquakes near Beaver County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.6 9 km W of Bryce Canyon City, Utah 02:36 UTC
1.7 9 km W of Bryce Canyon City, Utah 16:42 UTC
1.8 9 km WSW of Bryce Canyon City, Utah 08:23 UTC
2.1 13 km ESE of Hatch, Utah 07:14 UTC
1.8 12 km E of Alton, Utah 15:18 UTC
1.8 10 km SW of Hatch, Utah 10:17 UTC
2.1 20 km S of Henrieville, Utah 10:54 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
2.2 8 km ESE of Alton, Utah 22:01 UTC
1.6 32 km S of Cannonville, Utah 21:36 UTC
1.9 11 km SW of Hatch, Utah 12:05 UTC
1.9 13 km ENE of Alton, Utah 06:40 UTC
2.0 20 km ESE of Kanab, Utah 20:28 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 05:31 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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