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M 2.8ml
Earthquake near Aurora, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Aurora in the 24 hours to 11:19 am MST (18:19 UTC). The last one was M 1.8, 9 km (6 mi) ESE, at 11:26 am MDT on 23 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Aurora
This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) northwest of Aurora, UT, at 7:52 pm MDT on 24 June 2021 (01:52 UTC), 13 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4 km NW of Aurora, Utah
- When
- 7:52 pm MDT on 24 June 2021 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) northwest of Aurora, UT · earthquakes near Aurora
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Sevier County, 26 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Maple Grove faults, 7 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Aurora, 5 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: Salina 10 km, intensity II · Richfield 22 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 38,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 27,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 400 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 0 km SSW of Central Valley, Utah · 30 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.2 25 km SE of Salina, Utah · 33 km ESE 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 38.9475, -111.9762. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevier County, UT | 26 km (16 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sevier County |
| Sanpete County, UT | 59 km (36 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Sanpete County |
| Piute County, UT | 69 km (43 mi) | S | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Millard County, UT | 100 km (62 mi) | W | earthquakes near Millard County |
| Emery County, UT | 109 km (68 mi) | E | earthquakes near Emery County |
| Juab County, UT | 110 km (69 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Juab County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 10 km NW of Fayette, Utah
- 1.8 4 km WNW of Joseph, Utah
- 1.5 9 km SSE of Joseph, Utah
- 2.0 7 km SSE of Joseph, Utah
- 1.9 5 km S of Joseph, Utah
- 2.3 8 km NW of Fayette, Utah
- 1.8 8 km NW of Fayette, Utah
- 1.5 16 km W of Emery, Utah
- 1.5 16 km W of Emery, Utah
- 2.4 3 km NNW of Joseph, Utah
- 1.5 6 km S of Joseph, Utah
- 3.4 4 km S of Joseph, Utah
- 1.6 7 km SSE of Joseph, Utah
- 2.2 4 km S of Joseph, Utah
- 1.9 5 km S of Joseph, 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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