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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Morgan, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Morgan in the 24 hours to 3:06 am MST (10:06 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 45 km (28 mi) SW, at 6:32 pm MST on 13 February 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4,122 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Morgan
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) south-southeast of Morgan, UT, at 9:50 pm MST on 10 January 2023 (04:50 UTC), 6.7 km deep. 73 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 13 km SSE of Morgan, Utah
31 km (19 mi) ENE of Salt Lake City, UT
- When
- 9:50 pm MST on 10 January 2023 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) south-southeast of Morgan, UT · earthquakes near Morgan
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 73 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Morgan County, 19 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Main Canyon fault, 9 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 1318 days ago
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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 30 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Morgan, 13 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Summit Park 20 km, intensity II · Bountiful 22 km, intensity II · Salt Lake City 29 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 630 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 24,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 17,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.5× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 630 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 5.7 on 2020-03-18 — about 17,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 Near Salt Lake City, Utah · 29 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.0 1 km NE of Magna, Utah · 45 km WSW 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 40.9252, -111.6248. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan County, UT | 19 km (12 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 38 km (24 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Weber County, UT | 44 km (27 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Weber County |
| Davis County, UT | 50 km (31 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Davis County |
| Summit County, UT | 55 km (34 mi) | E | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 76 km (47 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 18 km N of Henefer, Utah
- 2.0 4 km NNW of West Valley City, Utah
- 1.7 2 km ESE of Echo, Utah
- 3.5 4 km NNW of West Valley City, Utah
- 1.6 5 km NE of Magna, Utah
- 3.3 13 km E of Huntsville, Utah
- 1.8 13 km ESE of Centerville, Utah
- 1.7 4 km WNW of Silver Summit, Utah
- 1.9 7 km NE of Huntsville, Utah
- 1.5 7 km NE of Huntsville, Utah
- 1.6 14 km NE of Enterprise, Utah
- 1.5 9 km S of Morgan, Utah
- 1.6 9 km S of Morgan, Utah
- 1.7 3 km ENE of Magna, Utah
- 1.6 2 km SE of North Salt Lake, 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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