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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Vineyard, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Vineyard in the 24 hours to 4:19 pm MST (23:19 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 20 km (12 mi) NW, at 5:55 pm MDT on 7 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 569 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Vineyard
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) southwest of Vineyard, UT, at 3:48 am MST on 13 January 2025 (10:48 UTC), 12 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 7 km SW of Vineyard, Utah
14 km (9 mi) W of Provo, UT · 11 km (7 mi) WSW of Orem, UT
- When
- 3:48 am MST on 13 January 2025 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) southwest of Vineyard, UT · earthquakes near Vineyard
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Utah County, 20 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Utah Lake faults, under 1 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 602 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 Vineyard, 7 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: Orem, Lindon, Saratoga Springs, American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Provo.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.1 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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:
- 5.3 Near Salt Lake City, Utah · 49 km N of this epicentre
- 5.0 1 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah · 38 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 40.2595, -111.8135. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah County, UT | 20 km (12 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 46 km (29 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 56 km (35 mi) | E | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Davis County, UT | 93 km (57 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Davis County |
| Morgan County, UT | 95 km (59 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Summit County, UT | 99 km (61 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Summit County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
43 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.2 1 km WNW of Mona, Utah
- 0.5 5 km NW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
- 0.9 12 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah
- 1.3 12 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah
- 0.9 6 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
- 1.1 7 km SSW of Wallsburg, Utah
- 1.0 6 km SSW of Bingham Canyon, Utah
- 2.0 6 km WNW of Lehi, Utah
- 1.6 5 km SSW of Bingham Canyon, Utah
- 2.3 3 km SW of Bingham Canyon, Utah
- 1.6 5 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
- 2.9 6 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
- 1.6 6 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
- 1.8 5 km E of Heber City, Utah
- 2.2 7 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, 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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