Earthquake near Cedar City, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Cedar City in the 24 hours to 4:15 am MST (11:15 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 16 km (10 mi) N, at 10:46 am MST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Cedar City

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 28 km (17 mi) south of Cedar City, UT, at 7:27 pm MDT on 16 October 2023 (01:27 UTC), 10 km deep.

USGS: Utah

56 km (35 mi) NE of St. George, UT

7:27 pm MDT, Oct 16, 2023 · 2023-10-17 01:27 UTC · 10 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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When: 7:27 pm MDT on 16 October 2023 (2023-10-17 01:27 UTC)
Where: 28 km (17 mi) south of Cedar City, UT · earthquakes near Cedar City
Magnitude: M 1.5 (ml)
Depth: 10 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Washington County, 38 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault: Hurricane fault, 9 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1122 days ago · we first saw it 1122 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 1 km (1 mi) from the epicentre. In Cedar City, 28 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Toquerville, LaVerkin.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 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.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

6.3 Near Pine Valley, Utah · 34 km W of this epicentre Nov 17, 1902
5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 50 km SW of this epicentre Sep 2, 1992

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Washington County, UT	38 km (23 mi)	WSW	earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT	55 km (34 mi)	NNW	earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT	103 km (64 mi)	N	earthquakes near Beaver County
Kane County, UT	117 km (73 mi)	E	earthquakes near Kane County
Piute County, UT	133 km (83 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Piute County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 11:15 UTC. 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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