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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Beaver, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Beaver in the 24 hours to 10:49 pm MST (05:49 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 31 km (20 mi) NW, at 11:10 am MST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Beaver
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 33 km (20 mi) east-southeast of Beaver, UT, at 12:10 pm MST on 3 December 2023 (19:10 UTC), 5.9 km deep.
USGS: 3 km SW of Circleville, Utah
- When
- 12:10 pm MST on 3 December 2023 ()
- Where
- 33 km (20 mi) east-southeast of Beaver, UT · earthquakes near Beaver
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Piute County, 25 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1028 days ago
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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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Beaver, 33 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.
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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2020-10-03 — about 24,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.6 Near Marysvale, Utah · 40 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.0 10 km NE of Marysvale, Utah · 43 km NNE 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 38.1522, -112.3002. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute County, UT | 25 km (16 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Sevier County, UT | 79 km (49 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Sevier County |
| Garfield County, UT | 83 km (51 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Beaver County, UT | 85 km (53 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Beaver County |
| Iron County, UT | 92 km (57 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Kane County, UT | 106 km (66 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Kane 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.
- 1.5 2 km W of Panguitch, Utah
- 2.0 23 km SSE of Circleville, Utah
- 1.5 21 km SW of Circleville, Utah
- 1.6 22 km SW of Circleville, Utah
- 1.6 10 km S of Marysvale, Utah
- 2.1 11 km SSW of Beaver, Utah
- 1.8 14 km S of Beaver, Utah
- 1.7 6 km WSW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.9 4 km ESE of Circleville, Utah
- 1.7 6 km SSE of Joseph, Utah
- 2.4 12 km SSW of Beaver, Utah
- 1.6 9 km SSW of Monroe, Utah
- 1.6 19 km SSW of Antimony, Utah
- 1.9 3 km SSW of Panguitch, Utah
- 2.2 19 km ENE of Antimony, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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