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M 2.1ml

12 km ESE of Fredonia, Arizona

· 17 km deep · released about 51 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kane County, 67 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1045 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 51 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 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 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 36.8955, -112.3965. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kane County, UT 67 km (41 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kane County
Washington County, UT 105 km (65 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Coconino County, AZ 131 km (81 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Coconino County
Garfield County, UT 133 km (83 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Iron County, UT 138 km (86 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Iron County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 16 km ESE of Springdale, Utah
  2. 2.3 5 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  3. 2.1 5 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  4. 1.6 6 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  5. 2.1 5 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  6. 1.7 16 km ESE of Kanab, Utah
  7. 1.6 12 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  8. 2.0 8 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
  9. 1.7 4 km WNW of Fredonia, Arizona
  10. 1.7 5 km W of Fredonia, Arizona
  11. 1.8 17 km E of Kanab, Utah
  12. 1.5 13 km ENE of Hildale, Utah
  13. 1.7 12 km SSW of Orderville, Utah
  14. 1.6 18 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
  15. 2.7 10 km NE of Hildale, 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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