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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Nibley, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Nibley in the 24 hours to 3:55 pm MST (22:55 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 13 km (8 mi) E, at 6:59 am MDT on 25 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Nibley

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) southeast of Nibley, UT, at 12:34 am MDT on 19 June 2023 (06:34 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 3 km SE of Nibley, Utah

10 km (6 mi) SSE of Logan, UT · 98 km (61 mi) N of Salt Lake City, UT

12:34 am MDT, Jun 19, 2023 · · -0.6 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cache County 10 kmWeber County 43 kmRich County 47 kmFranklin County 58 kmMorgan County 65 kmDavis County 76 kmBear Lake County 81 kmOneida County 84 kmBox Elder County 105 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
12:34 am MDT on 19 June 2023 ()
Where
4 km (2 mi) southeast of Nibley, UT · earthquakes near Nibley
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
-0.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Cache County, 10 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
East Cache fault, 1 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 1173 days ago

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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Nibley, 4 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: Logan 10 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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:

  1. 5.8 8 km W of Garden City, Utah · 41 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 5.5 26 km E of Avon, Utah · 30 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 16 km ENE of North Logan, Utah · 23 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 5.0 2 km S of Richmond, Utah · 27 km N 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 41.6520, -111.8030. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cache County, UT 10 km (6 mi) NNE earthquakes near Cache County
Weber County, UT 43 km (27 mi) S earthquakes near Weber County
Rich County, UT 47 km (29 mi) E earthquakes near Rich County
Franklin County, ID 58 km (36 mi) N earthquakes near Franklin County
Morgan County, UT 65 km (40 mi) SSE earthquakes near Morgan County
Davis County, UT 76 km (47 mi) SSW earthquakes near Davis County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 12 km E of Millville, Utah
  2. 2.0 10 km W of Garden, Utah
  3. 2.0 Utah
  4. 1.5 9 km ENE of Avon, Utah
  5. 2.1 3 km WNW of Huntsville, Utah
  6. 1.9 2 km WNW of Lewiston, Utah
  7. 1.6 6 km SW of Corinne, Utah
  8. 2.9 17 km WSW of Garden, Utah
  9. 2.3 17 km ENE of Hyde Park, Utah
  10. 3.3 13 km E of Huntsville, Utah
  11. 1.5 8 km E of Avon, Utah
  12. 1.7 11 km NE of Franklin, Idaho
  13. 1.9 7 km NE of Huntsville, Utah
  14. 1.5 7 km NE of Huntsville, Utah
  15. 1.7 8 km NW of Garden City, 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

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