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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

18 km NNW of Fayette, Utah

· 3.3 km deep · released about 8.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 29 kmSevier County 72 kmJuab County 84 kmUtah County 84 kmEmery County 111 kmMillard County 116 kmCarbon County 118 kmPiute County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
3.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 29 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 569 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 8.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 39.3857, -111.9127. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 29 km (18 mi) W of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Sevier County, UT 72 km (44 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Juab County, UT 84 km (52 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Juab County
Utah County, UT 84 km (52 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Utah County
Emery County, UT 111 km (69 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Emery County
Millard County, UT 116 km (72 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

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

  1. 1.2 13 km NE of Scipio, Utah
  2. 1.9 18 km S of Levan, Utah
  3. 2.3 5 km E of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  4. 1.8 3 km SSE of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  5. 1.7 7 km NNW of Fayette, Utah
  6. 1.9 16 km S of Levan, Utah
  7. 1.9 3 km E of Manti, Utah
  8. 1.5 5 km W of Redmond, Utah
  9. 1.6 8 km E of Oak City, Utah
  10. 1.6 0 km SW of Centerfield, Utah
  11. 1.6 21 km NE of Leamington, Utah
  12. 1.8 21 km WNW of Levan, Utah
  13. 2.0 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  14. 1.6 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  15. 2.4 15 km NW of Fayette, 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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