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M 2.7ml

Earthquake near Brigham City, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Brigham City in the 24 hours to 3:19 pm MST (22:19 UTC). The last one was M 4.7, 116 km (72 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 Brigham City

This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) west of Brigham City, UT, at 10:44 am MDT on 2 November 2022 (16:44 UTC), 7.2 km deep. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: Utah

83 km (52 mi) NNW of Salt Lake City, UT · 35 km (22 mi) NNW of Ogden, UT

10:44 am MDT, Nov 2, 2022 · · 7.2 km deep · released about 330 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Weber County 36 kmCache County 44 kmDavis County 52 kmMorgan County 68 kmBox Elder County 75 kmRich County 79 kmFranklin County 80 kmOneida County 81 kmSalt Lake County 95 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
10:44 am MDT on 2 November 2022 ()
Where
13 km (8 mi) west of Brigham City, UT · earthquakes near Brigham City
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
8 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Weber County, 36 km SE
Nearest mapped fault
Wasatch 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 1399 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. In Brigham City, 13 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.

Likely felt in: Brigham City 13 km, intensity II · Tremonton 23 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 330 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 46,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 33,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 330 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. 5.9 35 km SSW of Howell, Utah · 42 km W of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 27 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 27 km W of this epicentre
  3. 5.1 27 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 27 km W of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 27 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 27 km W 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 41.5028, -112.1757. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Weber County, UT 36 km (22 mi) SE earthquakes near Weber County
Cache County, UT 44 km (27 mi) NE earthquakes near Cache County
Davis County, UT 52 km (32 mi) S earthquakes near Davis County
Morgan County, UT 68 km (42 mi) SE earthquakes near Morgan County
Box Elder County, UT 75 km (46 mi) W earthquakes near Box Elder County
Rich County, UT 79 km (49 mi) E earthquakes near Rich 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. 1.9 6 km E of Avon, Utah
  2. 1.7 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  3. 1.5 3 km SE of Nibley, Utah
  4. 1.9 10 km ESE of Avon, Utah
  5. 1.5 6 km SW of Corinne, Utah
  6. 2.0 Utah
  7. 2.5 7 km SW of Corinne, Utah
  8. 1.6 7 km SW of Corinne, Utah
  9. 1.9 7 km SW of Corinne, Utah
  10. 2.2 7 km SW of Corinne, Utah
  11. 1.6 7 km ESE of North Logan, Utah
  12. 1.9 8 km SW of Corinne, Utah
  13. 1.7 7 km SW of Corinne, Utah
  14. 3.2 7 km SW of Corinne, Utah
  15. 1.6 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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