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M 3.2ml

Earthquake near Providence, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Providence in the 24 hours to 6:56 am MST (13:56 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 13 km (8 mi) ESE, at 6:59 am MDT on 25 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Providence

This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 19 km (12 mi) east of Providence, UT, at 7:22 pm MDT on 16 May 2021 (01:22 UTC), 9.4 km deep. 22 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 19 km E of Providence, Utah

22 km (13 mi) ESE of Logan, UT · 106 km (66 mi) NNE of Salt Lake City, UT

7:22 pm MDT, May 16, 2021 · · 9.4 km deep · released about 1 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cache County 14 kmRich County 30 kmWeber County 53 kmFranklin County 57 kmMorgan County 67 kmBear Lake County 69 kmDavis County 89 kmOneida County 94 kmLincoln County 96 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
7:22 pm MDT on 16 May 2021 ()
Where
19 km (12 mi) east of Providence, UT · earthquakes near Providence
Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
9.4 km below the surface
Felt
22 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Cache County, 14 km WNW
Nearest mapped fault
East Cache fault, 17 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 1937 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 47 km (29 mi) from the epicentre. In Providence, 19 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.

Likely felt in: North Logan 20 km, intensity II · Logan 21 km, intensity II · Brigham City 41 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,400× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,200× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.1× more

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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 8 km W of Garden City, Utah · 28 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 5.5 26 km E of Avon, Utah · 23 km SSE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 16 km ENE of North Logan, Utah · 13 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.0 2 km S of Richmond, Utah · 30 km NW 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 41.6933, -111.5882. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cache County, UT 14 km (9 mi) WNW earthquakes near Cache County
Rich County, UT 30 km (19 mi) ESE earthquakes near Rich County
Weber County, UT 53 km (33 mi) SSW earthquakes near Weber County
Franklin County, ID 57 km (35 mi) NNW earthquakes near Franklin County
Morgan County, UT 67 km (42 mi) S earthquakes near Morgan County
Bear Lake County, ID 69 km (43 mi) NNE earthquakes near Bear Lake County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.2 1 km NE of Benson, Utah
  2. 1.9 Utah
  3. 2.7 1 km NNE of Benson, Utah
  4. 1.8 1 km NNE of Benson, Utah
  5. 1.9 3 km NNW of Benson, Utah
  6. 2.8 2 km N of Benson, Utah
  7. 2.0 0 km ENE of Benson, Utah
  8. 2.6 2 km NW of Benson, Utah
  9. 2.5 2 km NNE of Benson, Utah
  10. 2.3 0 km NW of Benson, Utah
  11. 2.6 3 km SSE of Trenton, Utah
  12. 1.6 11 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah
  13. 1.6 3 km NW of Amalga, Utah
  14. 2.1 10 km E of Providence, Utah
  15. 1.8 10 km E of Providence, 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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