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M 1.7ml

11 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona

· 22 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kane County, 70 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1042 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 36.8803, -112.4238. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kane County, UT 70 km (43 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kane County
Washington County, UT 104 km (64 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 136 km (85 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. 1.5 4 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
  2. 1.9 4 km ESE of Fredonia, Arizona
  3. 1.7 17 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  4. 1.8 16 km ESE of Springdale, Utah
  5. 2.3 5 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  6. 2.1 5 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  7. 1.6 6 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  8. 2.1 5 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  9. 1.7 16 km ESE of Kanab, Utah
  10. 1.6 12 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  11. 2.0 8 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
  12. 1.7 4 km WNW of Fredonia, Arizona
  13. 1.7 5 km W of Fredonia, Arizona
  14. 1.8 17 km E of Kanab, Utah
  15. 1.5 13 km ENE 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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