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M 1.8ml

14 km WSW of Levan, Utah

· 5.4 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 41 kmJuab County 70 kmUtah County 73 kmSevier County 87 kmMillard County 115 kmWasatch County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
5.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 41 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1361 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 870,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 620,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 55× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 39.5167, -112.0163. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 41 km (25 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Juab County, UT 70 km (43 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Juab County
Utah County, UT 73 km (46 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Utah County
Sevier County, UT 87 km (54 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Millard County, UT 115 km (71 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Millard County
Wasatch County, UT 117 km (72 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Wasatch County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 5 km ENE of Sterling, Utah
  2. 1.5 17 km N of Fayette, Utah
  3. 1.6 19 km SW of Levan, Utah
  4. 3.0 9 km NNE of Scipio, Utah
  5. 1.5 9 km NNE of Scipio, Utah
  6. 1.6 2 km SE of Mount Nebo, Utah
  7. 2.3 12 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  8. 1.8 8 km SW of Levan, Utah
  9. 1.6 18 km NNW of Fayette, Utah
  10. 2.0 9 km NNE of Scipio, Utah
  11. 1.7 4 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah
  12. 1.6 17 km SSW of Levan, Utah
  13. 1.5 4 km SW of Centerfield, Utah
  14. 1.9 10 km W of Mona, Utah
  15. 2.1 4 km WSW of Mount Pleasant, 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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