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M 1.8ml

14 km N of Fayette, Utah

· 7.1 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 22 kmSevier County 68 kmUtah County 86 kmJuab County 91 kmEmery County 103 kmCarbon County 112 kmPiute County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
7.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 22 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1301 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 16 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 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 39.3580, -111.8320. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 22 km (14 mi) W of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Sevier County, UT 68 km (42 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Utah County, UT 86 km (53 mi) S of here earthquakes near Utah County
Juab County, UT 91 km (57 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Juab County
Emery County, UT 103 km (64 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Emery County
Carbon County, UT 112 km (70 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Carbon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 4 km WSW of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  2. 1.6 17 km N of Fayette, Utah
  3. 1.9 12 km N of Scipio, Utah
  4. 1.8 9 km NNE of Fayette, Utah
  5. 1.5 18 km E of Mayfield, Utah
  6. 1.6 19 km E of Mayfield, Utah
  7. 1.7 16 km E of Oak City, Utah
  8. 2.8 18 km ESE of Mayfield, Utah
  9. 2.4 18 km ESE of Mayfield, Utah
  10. 3.4 17 km ESE of Mayfield, Utah
  11. 1.8 14 km WNW of Levan, Utah
  12. 2.2 8 km NNW of Redmond, Utah
  13. 1.9 21 km E of Mayfield, Utah
  14. 1.9 15 km N of Scipio, Utah
  15. 2.3 12 km SSW of Levan, 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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