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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Beaver, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Beaver in the 24 hours to 5:32 am MST (12:32 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 31 km (20 mi) NW, at 11:10 am MST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Beaver
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) south-southwest of Beaver, UT, at 10:25 am MDT on 15 April 2021 (16:25 UTC), 16 km deep.
USGS: 13 km SSW of Beaver, Utah
- When
- 10:25 am MDT on 15 April 2021 ()
- Where
- 14 km (9 mi) south-southwest of Beaver, UT · earthquakes near Beaver
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Beaver County, 52 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Beaver Basin faults, 2 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 2037 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Beaver, 14 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 8.1 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2020-10-03 — about 16,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.6 Near Marysvale, Utah · 46 km NE of this epicentre
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 38.1627, -112.7030. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver County, UT | 52 km (32 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Beaver County |
| Piute County, UT | 54 km (33 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Iron County, UT | 60 km (37 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Millard County, UT | 96 km (60 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Millard County |
| Sevier County, UT | 101 km (63 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Sevier County |
| Garfield County, UT | 116 km (72 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Garfield County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 15 km NW of Beaver, 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
- 1.7 18 km NW of Panguitch, Utah
- 2.5 12 km S of Beaver, Utah
- 3.0 6 km SW of Beaver, Utah
- 2.0 11 km S of Beaver, Utah
- 3.3 6.6km SW of Beaver, Utah
- 1.5 10 km NNW of Enoch, Utah
- 1.6 10 km NW of Circleville, Utah
- 2.5 10 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 2.8 21 km N of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.8 0 km SE of Beaver, Utah
- 1.6 16 km NW of Beaver, 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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