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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Ogden, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Ogden in the 24 hours to 8:33 am MST (15:33 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 56 km (35 mi) S, at 6:32 pm MST on 13 February 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4,122 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Ogden

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) east-southeast of Ogden, UT, at 3:01 pm MDT on 25 October 2024 (21:01 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 14 km N of Henefer, Utah

55 km (34 mi) NE of Salt Lake City, UT · 39 km (24 mi) ENE of Layton, UT

3:01 pm MDT, Oct 25, 2024 · · 17 km deep · released about 9.6 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Morgan County 9 kmWeber County 34 kmSummit County 55 kmRich County 58 kmDavis County 60 kmSalt Lake County 64 kmCache County 68 kmUinta County 81 kmWasatch County 95 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
3:01 pm MDT on 25 October 2024 ()
Where
40 km (25 mi) east-southeast of Ogden, UT · earthquakes near Ogden
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Morgan County, 9 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Main Canyon fault, 14 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 749 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 Ogden, 40 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: Morgan, Mountain Green, Coalville.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 9.6 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 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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. 5.5 26 km E of Avon, Utah · 39 km N 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 41.1488, -111.5058. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Morgan County, UT 9 km (5 mi) SW earthquakes near Morgan County
Weber County, UT 34 km (21 mi) WNW earthquakes near Weber County
Summit County, UT 55 km (34 mi) SE earthquakes near Summit County
Rich County, UT 58 km (36 mi) NNE earthquakes near Rich County
Davis County, UT 60 km (37 mi) WSW earthquakes near Davis County
Salt Lake County, UT 64 km (40 mi) SSW earthquakes near Salt Lake 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. 1.1 12 km ESE of Bountiful, Utah
  2. 1.1 4 km ENE of Morgan, Utah
  3. 0.8 14 km NNW of Henefer, Utah
  4. 1.3 2 km SSW of Silver Summit, Utah
  5. 1.9 12 km N of Summit Park, Utah
  6. 0.8 14 km N of Summit Park, Utah
  7. 0.7 0 km ENE of Summit Park, Utah
  8. 1.3 1 km ESE of Summit Park, Utah
  9. 1.1 1 km ESE of Summit Park, Utah
  10. 2.4 1 km ENE of Summit Park, Utah
  11. 1.2 14 km N of Summit Park, Utah
  12. 1.0 4 km ENE of Huntsville, Utah
  13. 1.6 2 km ENE of Summit Park, Utah
  14. 1.9 14 km ENE of Huntsville, Utah
  15. 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

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