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M 1.6ml

20 km E of Mapleton, Utah

· 6.1 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Utah County 27 kmWasatch County 30 kmSalt Lake County 79 kmDuchesne County 81 kmCarbon County 81 kmSanpete County 84 kmSummit County 91 kmMorgan County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Utah County, 27 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1476 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 6.4 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 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 40.1050, -111.3462. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Utah County, UT 27 km (17 mi) E of here earthquakes near Utah County
Wasatch County, UT 30 km (19 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Wasatch County
Salt Lake County, UT 79 km (49 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Salt Lake County
Duchesne County, UT 81 km (50 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Duchesne County
Carbon County, UT 81 km (50 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Carbon County
Sanpete County, UT 84 km (52 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sanpete County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 5 km WNW of Scofield, Utah
  2. 1.7 5 km W of Wallsburg, Utah
  3. 1.5 8 km NNE of Fountain Green, Utah
  4. 2.7 15 km E of Independence, Utah
  5. 2.7 Utah
  6. 1.5 28 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
  7. 2.4 28 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
  8. 1.7 28 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah
  9. 1.9 8 km NE of Lindon, Utah
  10. 1.5 Utah
  11. 1.6 5 km SW of Woodland, Utah
  12. 1.5 5 km SW of American Fork, 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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