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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Tremonton, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Tremonton in the 24 hours to 4:33 pm MST (23:33 UTC). The last one was M 4.7, 140 km (87 mi) SE, at 7:49 am MST on 22 January 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4,305 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Tremonton

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 46 km (28 mi) northwest of Tremonton, UT, at 9:33 am MDT on 11 October 2022 (15:33 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 9 km E of Snowville, Utah

9:33 am MDT, Oct 11, 2022 · · -0.1 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Oneida County 24 kmBox Elder County 55 kmFranklin County 68 kmCache County 75 kmPower County 83 kmBannock County 86 kmCassia County 92 kmWeber County 98 kmDavis County 109 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
9:33 am MDT on 11 October 2022 ()
Where
46 km (28 mi) northwest of Tremonton, UT · earthquakes near Tremonton
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
-0.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Oneida County, 24 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
North Promontory fault, 9 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 1492 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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Tremonton, 46 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.6 The 1934 Hansel Valley, Utah Earthquake · 39 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 17 km NE of Snowville, Utah · 11 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 35 km SSW of Howell, Utah · 49 km S of this epicentre
  4. 5.6 Hansel Valley, Utah · 21 km SSW 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 41.9705, -112.5938. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Oneida County, ID 24 km (15 mi) NNE earthquakes near Oneida County
Box Elder County, UT 55 km (34 mi) SW earthquakes near Box Elder County
Franklin County, ID 68 km (42 mi) ENE earthquakes near Franklin County
Cache County, UT 75 km (47 mi) ESE earthquakes near Cache County
Power County, ID 83 km (52 mi) NNW earthquakes near Power County
Bannock County, ID 86 km (53 mi) NNE earthquakes near Bannock 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. 2.6 15 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  2. 1.5 15 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  3. 2.1 15 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  4. 3.4 14 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  5. 4.4 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  6. 2.3 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  7. 1.9 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  8. 1.7 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  9. 1.9 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  10. 1.8 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  11. 1.9 5 km WSW of Clifton, Idaho
  12. 1.6 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  13. 1.5 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  14. 2.2 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  15. 2.1 16 km SW of Thatcher, 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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