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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9ml

11 km WSW of Levan, Utah

· 1.6 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 40 kmJuab County 71 kmUtah County 72 kmSevier County 88 kmWasatch County 114 kmMillard County 117 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
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
1.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 40 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 960 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 39.5275, -111.9950. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 40 km (25 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Juab County, UT 71 km (44 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Juab County
Utah County, UT 72 km (44 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Utah County
Sevier County, UT 88 km (55 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Wasatch County, UT 114 km (71 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Wasatch County
Millard County, UT 117 km (73 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Millard 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. 1.6 8 km E of Oak City, Utah
  2. 1.9 17 km ESE of Rocky Ridge, Utah
  3. 2.4 17 km ESE of Rocky Ridge, Utah
  4. 1.6 0 km SW of Centerfield, Utah
  5. 1.6 21 km NE of Leamington, Utah
  6. 1.8 21 km WNW of Levan, Utah
  7. 2.0 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  8. 1.6 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  9. 2.4 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  10. 2.3 10 km SW of Nephi, Utah
  11. 1.6 10 km SW of Nephi, Utah
  12. 1.6 1 km WSW of Fairview, Utah
  13. 1.6 10 km WNW of Fayette, Utah
  14. 1.9 2 km WSW of Fairview, Utah
  15. 1.6 19 km NE of Scipio, 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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