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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

12 km S of Cedar City, Utah

· 12 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Iron County 45 kmWashington County 52 kmBeaver County 90 kmKane County 113 kmPiute County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Iron County, 45 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1762 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 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 37.5630, -113.0407. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Iron County, UT 45 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Iron County
Washington County, UT 52 km (32 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Beaver County, UT 90 km (56 mi) S of here earthquakes near Beaver County
Kane County, UT 113 km (70 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kane County
Piute County, UT 117 km (73 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Piute County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 11 km W of Enoch, Utah
  2. 2.3 14 km W of Cedar City, Utah
  3. 1.8 10 km W of Cedar City, Utah
  4. 1.6 12 km W of Cedar City, Utah
  5. 1.8 12 km SW of Hatch, Utah
  6. 1.9 11 km SW of Hatch, Utah
  7. 1.8 13 km NNW of Alton, Utah
  8. 1.5 20 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  9. 2.2 20 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  10. 1.5 8 km WNW of Parowan, Utah
  11. 2.2 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  12. 1.9 22 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  13. 1.7 22 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  14. 1.7 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  15. 1.8 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, 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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