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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

13 km ESE of Torrey, Utah

· 4.8 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wayne County 24 kmGarfield County 50 kmSevier County 72 kmPiute County 76 kmEmery County 96 kmKane County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Wayne County, 24 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 916 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 11 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 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 38.2608, -111.2680. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wayne County, UT 24 km (15 mi) W of here earthquakes near Wayne County
Garfield County, UT 50 km (31 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Sevier County, UT 72 km (45 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Piute County, UT 76 km (47 mi) E of here earthquakes near Piute County
Emery County, UT 96 km (60 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Emery County
Kane County, UT 120 km (74 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 28 km NE of Fremont, Utah
  2. 2.0 27 km NNE of Fremont, Utah
  3. 2.1 27 km WNW of Boulder Town, Utah
  4. 1.6 28 km ENE of Torrey, Utah
  5. 1.5 28 km E of Torrey, Utah
  6. 4.0 29 km ENE of Torrey, Utah
  7. 2.2 28 km E of Torrey, Utah
  8. 2.6 28 km NE of Boulder Town, Utah
  9. 2.9 23 km WNW of Hanksville, Utah
  10. 2.2 19 km ENE of Antimony, Utah
  11. 1.8 13 km E of Boulder Town, Utah
  12. 1.7 28 km NE of Fremont, 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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