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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Ogden, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Ogden in the 24 hours to 10:25 pm MST (05:25 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 56 km (35 mi) S, at 6:32 pm MST on 13 February 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4,122 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Ogden

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 30 km (18 mi) east of Ogden, UT, at 10:27 am MDT on 16 August 2022 (16:27 UTC), 1.3 km deep.

USGS: 12 km E of Huntsville, Utah

59 km (36 mi) NNE of Salt Lake City, UT · 29 km (18 mi) E of Ogden, UT

10:27 am MDT, Aug 16, 2022 · · 1.3 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Morgan County 18 kmWeber County 22 kmRich County 53 kmDavis County 54 kmCache County 55 kmSummit County 69 kmSalt Lake County 69 kmUinta County 89 kmFranklin County 104 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
10:27 am MDT on 16 August 2022 ()
Where
30 km (18 mi) east of Ogden, UT · earthquakes near Ogden
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
1.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Morgan County, 18 km SSE
Nearest mapped fault
Morgan fault, 13 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1550 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Ogden, 30 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Mountain Green, Wolf Creek, Liberty, Morgan, Uintah, South Weber.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.5 26 km E of Avon, Utah · 30 km NNE of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 41.2490, -111.6203. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Morgan County, UT 18 km (11 mi) SSE earthquakes near Morgan County
Weber County, UT 22 km (13 mi) W earthquakes near Weber County
Rich County, UT 53 km (33 mi) NE earthquakes near Rich County
Davis County, UT 54 km (34 mi) WSW earthquakes near Davis County
Cache County, UT 55 km (34 mi) N earthquakes near Cache County
Summit County, UT 69 km (43 mi) SE earthquakes near Summit 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.

  1. 3.3 13 km E of Huntsville, Utah
  2. 1.8 13 km ESE of Centerville, Utah
  3. 1.5 8 km E of Avon, Utah
  4. 1.9 7 km NE of Huntsville, Utah
  5. 1.5 7 km NE of Huntsville, Utah
  6. 1.6 14 km NE of Enterprise, Utah
  7. 1.5 9 km S of Morgan, Utah
  8. 1.6 9 km S of Morgan, Utah
  9. 1.7 9 km ENE of Avon, Utah
  10. 2.0 8 km ENE of Paradise, Utah
  11. 1.8 12 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah
  12. 2.6 15 km NNW of Summit Park, Utah
  13. 2.9 6 km E of Avon, Utah
  14. 1.6 5 km ESE of Millville, Utah
  15. 1.7 14 km N of Henefer, 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.

On USGS

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