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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Honeyville, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Honeyville in the 24 hours to 3:45 am MST (10:45 UTC). The last one was M 4.7, 129 km (80 mi) SE, at 7:49 am MST on 22 January 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4,305 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Honeyville

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Honeyville, UT, at 11:05 pm MST on 7 February 2024 (06:05 UTC), 6.5 km deep. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 3 km ESE of Honeyville, Utah

95 km (59 mi) N of Salt Lake City, UT · 21 km (13 mi) SW of Logan, UT

11:05 pm MST, Feb 7, 2024 · · 6.5 km deep · released about 9.3 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cache County 28 kmWeber County 42 kmFranklin County 64 kmDavis County 66 kmRich County 67 kmMorgan County 71 kmOneida County 74 kmBox Elder County 84 kmBear Lake County 95 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
11:05 pm MST on 7 February 2024 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) east-southeast of Honeyville, UT · earthquakes near Honeyville
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Cache County, 28 km ENE
Nearest mapped fault
Wasatch fault, 1 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 937 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Honeyville, 3 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: Wellsville, Elwood, Mendon, Brigham City, Tremonton, Hyrum.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 9.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 100× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.3 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.5 26 km E of Avon, Utah · 47 km ESE of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 27 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 40 km WSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 16 km ENE of North Logan, Utah · 41 km ENE of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 27 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 40 km WSW of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 27 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 40 km WSW 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 41.6227, -112.0462. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cache County, UT 28 km (17 mi) ENE earthquakes near Cache County
Weber County, UT 42 km (26 mi) SSE earthquakes near Weber County
Franklin County, ID 64 km (40 mi) NNE earthquakes near Franklin County
Davis County, UT 66 km (41 mi) SSW earthquakes near Davis County
Rich County, UT 67 km (42 mi) E earthquakes near Rich County
Morgan County, UT 71 km (44 mi) SSE earthquakes near Morgan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  2. 1.7 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  3. 2.2 17 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  4. 1.5 17 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  5. 1.9 15 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  6. 2.0 15 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  7. 1.8 17 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  8. 1.9 14 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  9. 1.5 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  10. 1.5 15 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  11. 1.7 14 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  12. 2.4 15 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  13. 1.8 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  14. 1.5 16 km SW of Thatcher, Utah
  15. 2.0 16 km SW of Thatcher, 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

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