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M 2.1ml

8 km NNW of Fayette, Utah

· 5.0 km deep · released about 44 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 28 kmSevier County 62 kmJuab County 90 kmUtah County 93 kmEmery County 106 kmPiute County 109 kmMillard County 114 kmCarbon County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 28 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1160 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 44 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 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 39.2978, -111.8897. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 28 km (18 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Sevier County, UT 62 km (38 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Juab County, UT 90 km (56 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Juab County
Utah County, UT 93 km (58 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Utah County
Emery County, UT 106 km (66 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Emery County
Piute County, UT 109 km (68 mi) N of here earthquakes near Piute County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 9 km NNE of Scipio, Utah
  2. 1.8 17 km ESE of Holden, Utah
  3. 1.7 21 km WNW of Emery, Utah
  4. 2.3 12 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  5. 1.8 8 km SW of Levan, Utah
  6. 1.6 18 km NNW of Fayette, Utah
  7. 2.0 9 km NNE of Scipio, Utah
  8. 2.3 22 km ESE of Mayfield, Utah
  9. 1.6 17 km SSW of Levan, Utah
  10. 1.5 4 km SW of Centerfield, Utah
  11. 2.1 4 km WSW of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  12. 1.6 17 km N of Fayette, Utah
  13. 1.9 12 km N of Scipio, Utah
  14. 1.8 9 km NNE of Fayette, Utah
  15. 1.5 18 km E of Mayfield, 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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