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M 3.1ml

20 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah

· 6.1 km deep · released about 1,200 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 49 kmIron County 59 kmBeaver County 104 kmKane County 105 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 3.1 (ml)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Washington County, 49 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1695 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,200 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 280,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 12,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 8,800× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,200 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.3× more

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 37.4415, -112.9817. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, UT 49 km (30 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT 59 km (37 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 104 km (65 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Beaver County
Kane County, UT 105 km (65 mi) W of here earthquakes near Kane County
Piute County, UT 124 km (77 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

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

  1. 2.1 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
  2. 1.6 11 km W of Enoch, Utah
  3. 2.3 14 km W of Cedar City, Utah
  4. 1.8 10 km W of Cedar City, Utah
  5. 1.6 12 km W of Cedar City, Utah
  6. 1.8 12 km SW of Hatch, Utah
  7. 1.9 11 km SW of Hatch, Utah
  8. 1.8 13 km NNW of Alton, Utah
  9. 1.5 20 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  10. 2.2 20 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah
  11. 1.5 8 km WNW of Parowan, Utah
  12. 2.2 21 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  13. 1.9 4 km ENE of Hildale, Utah
  14. 1.9 22 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  15. 1.7 22 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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