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M 2.3ml
Earthquake near Salt Lake City, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Salt Lake City in the 24 hours to 3:55 am MST (10:55 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 13 km (8 mi) WSW, at 8:46 am MDT on 17 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 28 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Salt Lake City
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) east of Salt Lake City, UT, at 2:50 am MDT on 5 May 2023 (08:50 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: Utah
35 km (22 mi) E of Salt Lake City, UT · 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Millcreek, UT
- When
- 2:50 am MDT on 5 May 2023 ()
- Where
- 32 km (20 mi) east of Salt Lake City, UT · earthquakes near Salt Lake City
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Morgan County, 35 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Main Canyon fault, 7 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 1284 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 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Salt Lake City, 32 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.
Likely felt in: Summit Park 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 74 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 74 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 4.6 on 2020-03-18 — about 2,900 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 · 26 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.0 1 km NE of Magna, Utah · 49 km W 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 40.7842, -111.5145. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan County, UT | 35 km (21 mi) | N | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 37 km (23 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Summit County, UT | 47 km (29 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 58 km (36 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Weber County, UT | 62 km (39 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Weber County |
| Davis County, UT | 64 km (40 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Davis County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 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
- 1.8 6 km ESE of Daniel, Utah
- 1.8 13 km ESE of Centerville, Utah
- 1.7 4 km WNW of Silver Summit, 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
- 1.8 1 km SE of Bluffdale, Utah
- 1.7 3 km ENE of Magna, Utah
- 1.6 2 km SE of North Salt Lake, Utah
- 1.6 5 km SSE of Hideout, 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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