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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

22 km SE of Hanksville, Utah

· 5.9 km deep · released about 7.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wayne County 40 kmEmery County 88 kmGarfield County 92 kmSan Juan County 95 kmGrand County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
5.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Wayne County, 40 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 481 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 7.1 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 38.2332, -110.5307. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wayne County, UT 40 km (25 mi) E of here earthquakes near Wayne County
Emery County, UT 88 km (55 mi) S of here earthquakes near Emery County
Garfield County, UT 92 km (57 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Garfield County
San Juan County, UT 95 km (59 mi) NW of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Grand County, UT 117 km (73 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Grand County
Sevier County, UT 125 km (78 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sevier County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.7 40 km ESE of Hanksville, 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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