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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Centennial Park, AZ

No earthquake was likely felt in Centennial Park in the 24 hours to 12:52 am MST (07:52 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 11 km (7 mi) NNE, at 11:21 pm MST on 6 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Centennial Park

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) southwest of Centennial Park, AZ, at 6:39 am MST on 24 October 2022 (13:39 UTC), 24 km deep.

USGS: 10 km SW of Centennial Park, Arizona

51 km (32 mi) ESE of St. George, UT

6:39 am MST, Oct 24, 2022 · · 24 km deep · released about 91 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 57 kmIron County 117 kmKane County 118 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
6:39 am MST on 24 October 2022 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) southwest of Centennial Park, AZ · earthquakes near Centennial Park
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 57 km NW
Nearest mapped fault
Hurricane fault, 23 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 1481 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Centennial Park, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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: Colorado City, Hildale.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 91 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 91 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2022-09-19 — about 1,300 times the energy of this one.

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

  1. 5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 46 km WNW 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 36.8803, -113.0527. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Washington County, UT 57 km (36 mi) NW earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT 117 km (72 mi) N earthquakes near Iron County
Kane County, UT 118 km (73 mi) ENE earthquakes near Kane County
Coconino County, AZ 164 km (102 mi) SE earthquakes near Coconino 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. 1.7 1 km NW of Toquerville, Utah
  2. 1.7 4 km WNW of Fredonia, Arizona
  3. 1.7 5 km W of Fredonia, Arizona
  4. 1.9 9 km E of Springdale, Utah
  5. 1.5 13 km ENE of Hildale, Utah
  6. 1.7 10 km E of Springdale, Utah
  7. 1.7 12 km SSW of Orderville, Utah
  8. 1.7 9 km E of Springdale, Utah
  9. 2.0 37 km SSE of Saint George, Utah
  10. 1.6 18 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
  11. 2.7 10 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  12. 1.7 5 km SE of Springdale, Utah
  13. 1.6 15 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
  14. 1.7 17 km SW of Kaibab, Arizona
  15. 1.6 16 km SSW of Cane Beds, Arizona

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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