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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Cedar City, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Cedar City in the 24 hours to 3:46 am MST (10:46 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 16 km (10 mi) N, at 10:46 am MST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Cedar City

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 33 km (20 mi) south of Cedar City, UT, at 7:25 pm MDT on 12 April 2024 (01:25 UTC), 19 km deep.

USGS: 22 km N of Springdale, Utah

60 km (37 mi) NE of St. George, UT

7:25 pm MDT, Apr 12, 2024 · · 19 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 43 kmIron County 63 kmKane County 107 kmBeaver County 110 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
7:25 pm MDT on 12 April 2024 ()
Where
33 km (20 mi) south of Cedar City, UT · earthquakes near Cedar City
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 43 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault
Hurricane fault, 18 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 941 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Cedar City, 33 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Toquerville.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 Near Pine Valley, Utah · 42 km W 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 37.3867, -113.0230. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Washington County, UT 43 km (27 mi) WSW earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT 63 km (39 mi) NNW earthquakes near Iron County
Kane County, UT 107 km (67 mi) E earthquakes near Kane County
Beaver County, UT 110 km (68 mi) N earthquakes near Beaver County
Piute County, UT 132 km (82 mi) NE earthquakes near Piute County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 8 km NW of Enoch, Utah
  2. 2.3 11 km SE of New Harmony, Utah
  3. 1.5 21 km W of Enoch, Utah
  4. 1.8 3 km ENE of Cane Beds, Arizona
  5. 1.9 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  6. 1.6 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  7. 2.1 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  8. 2.2 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  9. 1.6 12 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  10. 1.8 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  11. 3.1 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  12. 2.1 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  13. 2.0 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  14. 2.4 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  15. 2.3 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, 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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