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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Bountiful, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Bountiful in the 24 hours to 9:13 pm MST (04:13 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 22 km (14 mi) SW, at 6:32 pm MST on 13 February 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 4,122 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bountiful
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) east-southeast of Bountiful, UT, at 2:00 pm MDT on 3 July 2023 (20:00 UTC), 9.7 km deep.
USGS: 11 km ESE of Bountiful, Utah
18 km (11 mi) ENE of Salt Lake City, UT
- When
- 2:00 pm MDT on 3 July 2023 ()
- Where
- 12 km (7 mi) east-southeast of Bountiful, UT · earthquakes near Bountiful
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Salt Lake County, 26 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wasatch fault, 6 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 1228 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Bountiful, 12 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Woods Cross, Centerville, North Salt Lake, West Bountiful, Salt Lake City, Summit Park.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 900,000 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 · 18 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.0 1 km NE of Magna, Utah · 33 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 40.8558, -111.7475. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake County, UT | 26 km (16 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Morgan County, UT | 30 km (19 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Davis County, UT | 43 km (27 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Davis County |
| Weber County, UT | 47 km (29 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Weber County |
| Summit County, UT | 66 km (41 mi) | E | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 76 km (47 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
42 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 5 km ENE of Magna, Utah
- 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
- 1.6 14 km NE of Enterprise, Utah
- 1.8 3 km WSW of Bluffdale, 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
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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