22 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah

2021-12-19 10:55 UTC · 3.6 km deep · released about 19 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: 2021-12-19 10:55 UTC
Magnitude: M 1.9 (ml)
Depth: 3.6 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Washington County, 50 km WSW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1742 days ago · we first saw it 1742 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 19 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 810,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 580,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 51× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 37.4400, -112.9680. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Washington County, UT	50 km (31 mi)	ENE of here	earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT	60 km (37 mi)	SSE of here	earthquakes near Iron County
Kane County, UT	104 km (64 mi)	W of here	earthquakes near Kane County
Beaver County, UT	105 km (65 mi)	SSE of here	earthquakes near Beaver 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

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

2.1 5 km NNW of Hildale, Utah 03:57 UTC
1.6 12 km SW of Hatch, Utah 16:00 UTC
2.0 Utah 12:32 UTC
1.5 3 km NW of Leeds, Utah 17:33 UTC
2.0 12 km ENE of Springdale, Utah 07:49 UTC
1.9 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah 06:56 UTC
1.6 2 km S of Summit, Utah 06:12 UTC
2.1 3 km SW of Summit, Utah 10:02 UTC
2.7 2 km SSW of Summit, Utah 07:48 UTC
2.5 1 km WSW of Summit, Utah 07:19 UTC
1.6 3 km WNW of Summit, Utah 01:47 UTC
1.8 9 km ENE of Hildale, Utah 09:28 UTC
2.1 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah 06:23 UTC
1.6 11 km W of Enoch, Utah 23:40 UTC
2.3 14 km W of Cedar City, Utah 05:58 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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