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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

7 km SW of Fayette, Utah

· 14 km deep · released about 28 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 37 kmSevier County 48 kmPiute County 95 kmJuab County 97 kmEmery County 104 kmUtah County 108 kmMillard County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 37 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1409 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 28 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 540,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 380,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 34× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 28 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 39.1702, -111.9123. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 37 km (23 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Sevier County, UT 48 km (30 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Piute County, UT 95 km (59 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Piute County
Juab County, UT 97 km (60 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Juab County
Emery County, UT 104 km (65 mi) W of here earthquakes near Emery County
Utah County, UT 108 km (67 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Utah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 8 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  2. 1.6 8 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  3. 2.3 14 km N of Holden, Utah
  4. 1.6 10 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  5. 1.5 18 km E of Glenwood, Utah
  6. 1.8 16 km E of Glenwood, Utah
  7. 1.8 11 km S of Levan, Utah
  8. 2.9 11 km WSW of Levan, Utah
  9. 2.6 21 km E of Mayfield, Utah
  10. 1.7 4 km NNE of Richfield, Utah
  11. 1.9 5 km NNW of Richfield, Utah
  12. 3.2 4 km NNE of Richfield, Utah
  13. 1.7 4 km NNE of Richfield, Utah
  14. 1.8 4 km NNE of Richfield, Utah
  15. 1.6 3 km NNE of Richfield, 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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