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M 3.2ml

Earthquake near Richfield, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Richfield in the 24 hours to 9:48 am MST (16:48 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 34 km (21 mi) W, at 8:35 am MDT on 22 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Richfield

This page: a magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) north-northeast of Richfield, UT, at 4:45 am MDT on 2 November 2023 (10:45 UTC), 12 km deep. 167 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 4 km NNE of Richfield, Utah

4:45 am MDT, Nov 2, 2023 · · 12 km deep · released about 1,700 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sevier County 23 kmPiute County 53 kmSanpete County 75 kmMillard County 94 kmWayne County 112 kmBeaver County 114 kmJuab County 118 kmEmery County 118 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
4:45 am MDT on 2 November 2023 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) north-northeast of Richfield, UT · earthquakes near Richfield
Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
167 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Sevier County, 23 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Annabella graben faults, 15 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 1038 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 43 km (27 mi) from the epicentre. In Richfield, 5 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Richfield 5 km, intensity III · Monroe 21 km, intensity II · Salina 24 km, intensity II · Fillmore 28 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 8,800× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,200× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,700 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.8× more

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 4.0 on 2019-02-20 — about 20 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.6 Near Marysvale, Utah · 45 km SW of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 0 km SSW of Central Valley, Utah · 13 km SSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 25 km SE of Salina, Utah · 39 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.0 10 km NE of Marysvale, Utah · 34 km S 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 38.8137, -112.0640. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Sevier County, UT 23 km (14 mi) ESE earthquakes near Sevier County
Piute County, UT 53 km (33 mi) S earthquakes near Piute County
Sanpete County, UT 75 km (47 mi) NE earthquakes near Sanpete County
Millard County, UT 94 km (58 mi) W earthquakes near Millard County
Wayne County, UT 112 km (69 mi) ESE earthquakes near Wayne County
Beaver County, UT 114 km (71 mi) WSW earthquakes near Beaver County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 30 km N of Fremont, Utah
  2. 1.8 12 km SW of Kanosh, Utah
  3. 1.8 16 km SW of Kanosh, Utah
  4. 1.5 7 km S of Joseph, Utah
  5. 1.7 14 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah
  6. 1.9 7 km SE of Holden, Utah
  7. 1.5 3 km NNE of Joseph, Utah
  8. 2.5 27 km W of Emery, Utah
  9. 1.8 24 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah
  10. 2.3 24 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah
  11. 1.9 5 km NE of Koosharem, Utah
  12. 1.6 10 km NNW of Aurora, Utah
  13. 1.9 11 km NW of Aurora, Utah
  14. 1.8 9 km SW of Kanosh, Utah
  15. 1.8 8 km SSE of Joseph, 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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