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M 1.5md
Earthquake near Morgan, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Morgan in the 24 hours to 4:50 pm MST (23:50 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 45 km (28 mi) SW, at 6:32 pm MST on 13 February 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4,122 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Morgan
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) south of Morgan, UT, at 2:17 am MDT on 2 June 2025 (08:17 UTC), 5.4 km deep.
USGS: 9 km S of Morgan, Utah
28 km (18 mi) NE of Salt Lake City, UT · 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Layton, UT
- When
- 2:17 am MDT on 2 June 2025 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) south of Morgan, UT · earthquakes near Morgan
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 5.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Morgan County, 18 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Morgan fault, 11 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 528 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 Morgan, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Centerville, Farmington, Bountiful, West Bountiful, Woods Cross, Fruit Heights.
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 5.7 on 2020-03-18 — about 2,000,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 Near Salt Lake City, Utah · 29 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.0 1 km NE of Magna, Utah · 43 km SW 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 40.9468, -111.6777. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan County, UT | 18 km (11 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 37 km (23 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Weber County, UT | 40 km (25 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Weber County |
| Davis County, UT | 45 km (28 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Davis County |
| Summit County, UT | 60 km (37 mi) | E | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 81 km (50 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
35 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.1 12 km ESE of Bountiful, Utah
- 0.2 7 km NE of Magna, Utah
- 0.5 7 km NE of Magna, Utah
- 0.7 13 km NNW of Magna, Utah
- 1.1 4 km ENE of Morgan, Utah
- 0.8 14 km NNW of Henefer, Utah
- 1.3 2 km SSW of Silver Summit, Utah
- 1.9 12 km N of Summit Park, Utah
- 0.8 14 km N of Summit Park, Utah
- 0.7 0 km ENE of Summit Park, Utah
- 1.3 1 km ESE of Summit Park, Utah
- 1.1 1 km ESE of Summit Park, Utah
- 2.4 1 km ENE of Summit Park, Utah
- 1.2 14 km N of Summit Park, Utah
- 1.1 6 km NE of Magna, 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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