Earthquake near Fillmore, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Fillmore in the 24 hours to 1:57 am MST (08:57 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 55 km (34 mi) W, at 1:02 am MDT on 27 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Fillmore

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 23 km (14 mi) west-northwest of Fillmore, UT, at 12:37 am MDT on 20 August 2025 (06:37 UTC), 14 km deep.

USGS: 21 km NW of Meadow, Utah

12:37 am MDT, Aug 20, 2025 · 2025-08-20 06:37 UTC · 14 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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When: 12:37 am MDT on 20 August 2025 (2025-08-20 06:37 UTC)
Where: 23 km (14 mi) west-northwest of Fillmore, UT · earthquakes near Fillmore
Magnitude: M 2.0 (ml)
Depth: 14 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Millard County, 48 km W
Nearest mapped fault: Pavant faults, 7 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 450 days ago · we first saw it 450 days ago

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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Fillmore, 23 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 4.1 on 2019-04-14 — about 1,100 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Millard County, UT	48 km (30 mi)	W	earthquakes near Millard County
Sevier County, UT	74 km (46 mi)	ESE	earthquakes near Sevier County
Juab County, UT	79 km (49 mi)	NNW	earthquakes near Juab County
Piute County, UT	86 km (54 mi)	SSE	earthquakes near Piute County
Beaver County, UT	93 km (58 mi)	SW	earthquakes near Beaver County
Sanpete County, UT	95 km (59 mi)	ENE	earthquakes near Sanpete County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 08:57 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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