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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Morgan, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Morgan in the 24 hours to 8:20 am MST (15:20 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 45 km (28 mi) SW, at 6:32 pm MST on 13 February 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4,122 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Morgan
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 8 km (5 mi) northeast of Morgan, UT, at 3:36 am MDT on 21 April 2024 (09:36 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 8 km NE of Morgan, Utah
44 km (27 mi) NE of Salt Lake City, UT · 29 km (18 mi) E of Layton, UT
- When
- 3:36 am MDT on 21 April 2024 ()
- Where
- 8 km (5 mi) northeast of Morgan, UT · earthquakes near Morgan
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Morgan County, 3 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Morgan fault, 6 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 934 days ago
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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 Morgan, 8 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: Mountain Green, Fruit Heights, Coalville, Farmington, Uintah, South Weber.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.5 26 km E of Avon, Utah · 47 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 Near Salt Lake City, Utah · 46 km SSW 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 41.0888, -111.6103. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan County, UT | 3 km (2 mi) | E | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Weber County, UT | 30 km (19 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Weber County |
| Davis County, UT | 50 km (31 mi) | W | earthquakes near Davis County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 54 km (33 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Summit County, UT | 59 km (37 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Rich County, UT | 67 km (42 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Rich County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
34 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.1 12 km ESE of Bountiful, Utah
- 1.1 4 km ENE of Morgan, Utah
- 0.8 14 km NNW of Henefer, Utah
- 1.3 2 km SSW of Silver Summit, Utah
- 1.9 12 km N of Summit Park, Utah
- 0.8 14 km N of Summit Park, Utah
- 0.7 0 km ENE of Summit Park, Utah
- 1.3 1 km ESE of Summit Park, Utah
- 1.1 1 km ESE of Summit Park, Utah
- 2.4 1 km ENE of Summit Park, Utah
- 1.2 14 km N of Summit Park, Utah
- 1.0 4 km ENE of Huntsville, Utah
- 1.6 2 km ENE of Summit Park, Utah
- 1.9 14 km ENE of Huntsville, Utah
- 2.1 5 km NW of Summit Park, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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