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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Enterprise, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Enterprise in the 24 hours to 3:43 pm MST (22:43 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 14 km (9 mi) SSW, at 1:11 am MDT on 29 March 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Enterprise

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 29 km (18 mi) northwest of Enterprise, UT, at 12:47 pm MDT on 23 June 2024 (18:47 UTC), 7.2 km deep.

USGS: 28 km W of Beryl Junction, Utah

82 km (51 mi) NNW of St. George, UT

12:47 pm MDT, Jun 23, 2024 · · 7.2 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Iron County 62 kmWashington County 69 kmLincoln County 79 kmBeaver County 94 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
12:47 pm MDT on 23 June 2024 ()
Where
29 km (18 mi) northwest of Enterprise, UT · earthquakes near Enterprise
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Iron County, 62 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 870 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Enterprise, 29 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.2 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 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.2 on 2016-01-15 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 38 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 43 km SSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 43 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 37.7417, -113.9777. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Iron County, UT 62 km (38 mi) ENE earthquakes near Iron County
Washington County, UT 69 km (43 mi) SE earthquakes near Washington County
Lincoln County, NV 79 km (49 mi) W earthquakes near Lincoln County
Beaver County, UT 94 km (59 mi) NE earthquakes near Beaver County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.3 4 km ENE of Central, Utah
  2. 0.9 4 km ENE of Central, Utah
  3. 2.3 4 km ENE of Central, Utah
  4. 0.9 5 km NE of Central, Utah
  5. 1.6 4 km ENE of Central, Utah
  6. 2.0 11 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
  7. 2.4 5 km SW of Pioche, Nevada
  8. 1.8 9 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada
  9. 1.6 4 km ENE of Central, Utah
  10. 1.8 23 km NNE of Beryl Junction, Utah
  11. 0.9 11 km NW of Veyo, Utah
  12. 1.9 27 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  13. 2.3 28 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  14. 1.8 29 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
  15. 1.9 13 km SSW of Enterprise, 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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