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M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Heber City, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Heber City in the 24 hours to 9:00 am MST (16:00 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 6 km (3 mi) E, at 2:36 am MDT on 29 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Heber City
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 38 km (23 mi) east-southeast of Heber City, UT, at 1:55 pm MDT on 9 June 2021 (19:55 UTC), 8.1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 18 km E of Independence, Utah
91 km (56 mi) ESE of Salt Lake City, UT · 52 km (32 mi) E of Provo, UT
- When
- 1:55 pm MDT on 9 June 2021 ()
- Where
- 38 km (23 mi) east-southeast of Heber City, UT · earthquakes near Heber City
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Wasatch County, 11 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Strawberry fault, 11 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 1907 days ago
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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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Heber City, 38 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 190 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 78,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 55,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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 4.0 on 2016-05-25 — about 170 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 23 km NW of Altamont, Utah · 50 km ENE 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 40.3223, -111.0380. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasatch County, UT | 11 km (7 mi) | W | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Duchesne County, UT | 52 km (32 mi) | E | earthquakes near Duchesne County |
| Utah County, UT | 58 km (36 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Summit County, UT | 61 km (38 mi) | N | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Carbon County, UT | 82 km (51 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Carbon County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 84 km (52 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.2 18 km N of Scofield, Utah
- 1.1 7 km SSW of Wallsburg, Utah
- 2.2 14 km E of Independence, Utah
- 1.6 21 km W of Tabiona, Utah
- 1.6 8 km E of Independence, Utah
- 1.6 19 km E of Independence, Utah
- 2.3 19 km E of Independence, Utah
- 2.4 19 km E of Independence, Utah
- 1.9 20 km E of Independence, Utah
- 1.8 5 km E of Heber City, Utah
- 1.9 26 km S of Independence, Utah
- 2.5 28 km NNW of Tabiona, Utah
- 1.9 24 km SSE of Independence, Utah
- 2.4 24 km SSE of Independence, Utah
- 1.8 25 km SSE of Independence, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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