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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Providence, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Providence in the 24 hours to 7:56 am MST (14:56 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 13 km (8 mi) ESE, at 6:59 am MDT on 25 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Providence
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) east of Providence, UT, at 4:51 pm MST on 7 December 2022 (23:51 UTC), 9.1 km deep.
USGS: 10 km E of Providence, Utah
13 km (8 mi) ESE of Logan, UT · 106 km (66 mi) N of Salt Lake City, UT
- When
- 4:51 pm MST on 7 December 2022 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) east of Providence, UT · earthquakes near Providence
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Cache County, 5 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- East Cache fault, 8 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 1435 days ago
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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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Providence, 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: River Heights, North Logan, Millville, Logan, Nibley, Hyde Park.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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:
- 5.8 8 km W of Garden City, Utah · 30 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.5 26 km E of Avon, Utah · 29 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.2 16 km ENE of North Logan, Utah · 12 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.0 2 km S of Richmond, Utah · 23 km NNW 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 41.7115, -111.6937. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache County, UT | 5 km (3 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Cache County |
| Rich County, UT | 39 km (24 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Rich County |
| Weber County, UT | 51 km (32 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Weber County |
| Franklin County, ID | 52 km (33 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Morgan County, UT | 70 km (43 mi) | S | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 71 km (44 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 5 km ENE of Huntsville, Utah
- 2.4 11 km ENE of Huntsville, Utah
- 1.9 10 km E of Franklin, Idaho
- 1.9 15 km WSW of Bloomington, Idaho
- 2.0 7 km WNW of Woodruff, Utah
- 1.7 3 km ESE of Honeyville, Utah
- 1.6 9 km ESE of Avon, Utah
- 2.3 Utah
- 1.5 8 km ESE of Avon, Utah
- 2.5 10 km WSW of Garden, Utah
- 1.7 7 km ENE of Avon, Utah
- 3.7 15 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah
- 2.1 6 km E of Avon, Utah
- 1.6 6 km E of Avon, Utah
- 1.9 6 km E of Avon, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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