17 km S of Centennial Park, Arizona

2021-12-16 12:05 UTC · 14 km deep · released about 98 lb of TNT

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: 2021-12-16 12:05 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.3 (ml)
Depth: 14 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Washington County, 66 km NW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1746 days ago · we first saw it 1746 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 98 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.8× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.3 about 98 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

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Epicentre 36.8013, -113.0125. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Washington County, UT	66 km (41 mi)	SE of here	earthquakes near Washington County
Kane County, UT	119 km (74 mi)	WSW of here	earthquakes near Kane County
Coconino County, AZ	155 km (96 mi)	NW of here	earthquakes near Coconino County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.5 9 km ENE of Hildale, Utah 16:03 UTC
2.5 1 km WNW of Hildale, Utah 15:38 UTC
1.5 17 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona 21:35 UTC
1.9 12 km NE of Hildale, Utah 13:57 UTC
1.6 9 km E of Springdale, Utah 11:02 UTC
1.8 12 km NE of Hildale, Utah 15:56 UTC
1.8 7 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona 16:43 UTC
3.3 13 km NE of Hildale, Utah 18:02 UTC
2.9 10 km SSE of Washington, Utah 04:33 UTC
1.8 3 km ENE of Cane Beds, Arizona 16:56 UTC
1.7 15 km SSW of Cane Beds, Arizona 05:06 UTC
1.5 14 km NE of Hildale, Utah 17:12 UTC
1.6 16 km SW of Apple Valley, Utah 11:55 UTC
1.5 14 km E of Springdale, Utah 05:34 UTC
3.5 Springdale, Utah 02:28 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 17:07 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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