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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

16 km ESE of Castle Dale, Utah

· 16 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Emery County 21 kmCarbon County 60 kmSanpete County 67 kmSevier County 96 kmWayne County 102 kmGrand County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Emery County, 21 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 902 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 39.1680, -110.8418. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Emery County, UT 21 km (13 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Emery County
Carbon County, UT 60 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Carbon County
Sanpete County, UT 67 km (42 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Sevier County, UT 96 km (60 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Wayne County, UT 102 km (63 mi) N of here earthquakes near Wayne County
Grand County, UT 112 km (69 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Grand County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.1 5 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah
  2. 1.0 23 km SE of Castle Dale, Utah
  3. 2.1 19 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  4. 1.9 35 km S of East Carbon City, Utah
  5. 1.6 15 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  6. 1.7 34 km W of Green River, Utah
  7. 1.8 2 km N of Hiawatha, Utah
  8. 1.6 2 km N of Hiawatha, Utah
  9. 1.7 6 km SSE of Cleveland, Utah
  10. 1.8 5 km SSE of Cleveland, Utah
  11. 1.6 16 km NW of Emery, Utah
  12. 1.7 20 km NW of Orangeville, Utah
  13. 1.6 19 km NW of Orangeville, Utah
  14. 1.7 8 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah
  15. 1.6 17 km NW of Ferron, 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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