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M 1.7ml

5 km SSE of Sterling, Utah

· 21 km deep · released about 9.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 26 kmSevier County 46 kmEmery County 83 kmPiute County 99 kmUtah County 108 kmCarbon County 110 kmJuab County 115 kmWayne County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 26 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1843 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 9.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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 39.1497, -111.6687. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 26 km (16 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Sevier County, UT 46 km (29 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Emery County, UT 83 km (52 mi) W of here earthquakes near Emery County
Piute County, UT 99 km (61 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Piute County
Utah County, UT 108 km (67 mi) S of here earthquakes near Utah County
Carbon County, UT 110 km (68 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Carbon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 7 km SW of Fayette, Utah
  2. 1.6 7 km NW of Emery, Utah
  3. 1.8 6 km NNW of Emery, Utah
  4. 1.5 17 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  5. 1.5 7 km NNW of Emery, Utah
  6. 2.0 Utah
  7. 2.0 7 km NNW of Emery, Utah
  8. 1.6 7 km NW of Emery, Utah
  9. 1.9 7 km NNW of Emery, Utah
  10. 1.6 7 km NW of Emery, Utah
  11. 1.8 7 km NNW of Emery, Utah
  12. 1.5 7 km NNW of Emery, Utah
  13. 1.6 7 km NW of Emery, Utah
  14. 1.9 7 km NNW of Emery, Utah
  15. 2.0 7 km NNW of Emery, 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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