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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

7 km ENE of Fairview, Utah

· 8.2 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 36 kmUtah County 59 kmCarbon County 66 kmWasatch County 78 kmEmery County 90 kmDuchesne County 107 kmSevier County 107 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
8.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 36 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1902 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 8.7 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 39.6470, -111.3593. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 36 km (22 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Utah County, UT 59 km (37 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Utah County
Carbon County, UT 66 km (41 mi) W of here earthquakes near Carbon County
Wasatch County, UT 78 km (49 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Wasatch County
Emery County, UT 90 km (56 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Emery County
Duchesne County, UT 107 km (66 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Duchesne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 13 km NW of Orangeville, Utah
  2. 1.6 11 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah
  3. 1.5 8 km NNE of Fountain Green, Utah
  4. 1.8 11 km S of Levan, Utah
  5. 1.7 8 km NW of Helper, 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. 1.6 10 km ESE of Fairview, Utah
  10. 1.7 7 km NNE of Moroni, Utah
  11. 1.7 8 km ENE of Ephraim, Utah
  12. 1.5 20 km SE of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  13. 1.6 4 km N of Nephi, Utah
  14. 1.6 4 km NNW of Kenilworth, Utah
  15. 1.7 8 km NNW of Helper, 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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