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M 2.0ml

18 km SSE of Independence, Utah

· 4.6 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wasatch County 21 kmUtah County 40 kmDuchesne County 67 kmCarbon County 74 kmSummit County 83 kmSalt Lake County 85 kmSanpete County 92 kmMorgan County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
4.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Wasatch County, 21 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1970 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 33 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 40.1475, -111.1957. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wasatch County, UT 21 km (13 mi) S of here earthquakes near Wasatch County
Utah County, UT 40 km (25 mi) E of here earthquakes near Utah County
Duchesne County, UT 67 km (42 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Duchesne County
Carbon County, UT 74 km (46 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Carbon County
Summit County, UT 83 km (51 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Summit County
Salt Lake County, UT 85 km (53 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Salt Lake County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 5 km WNW of Scofield, Utah
  2. 2.0 24 km NW of Tabiona, Utah
  3. 1.7 5 km W of Wallsburg, Utah
  4. 2.7 15 km E of Independence, Utah
  5. 2.7 Utah
  6. 1.5 28 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
  7. 2.4 28 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
  8. 1.7 28 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
  9. 1.9 8 km NE of Lindon, Utah
  10. 1.5 Utah
  11. 1.8 4 km SSW of Francis, Utah
  12. 1.8 5 km WSW of Woodland, Utah
  13. 1.6 5 km SW of Woodland, Utah
  14. 1.6 Utah
  15. 1.6 20 km E of Mapleton, 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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