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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

7 km SW of Vineyard, Utah

· 12 km deep · released about 8.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Utah County 20 kmSalt Lake County 46 kmWasatch County 56 kmDavis County 93 kmMorgan County 95 kmSummit County 99 kmSanpete County 101 kmJuab County 103 kmWeber County 113 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
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Utah County, 20 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 556 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 40.2595, -111.8135. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Utah County, UT 20 km (12 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Utah County
Salt Lake County, UT 46 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Salt Lake County
Wasatch County, UT 56 km (35 mi) W of here earthquakes near Wasatch County
Davis County, UT 93 km (57 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Davis County
Morgan County, UT 95 km (59 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Morgan County
Summit County, UT 99 km (61 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Summit County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.0 6 km SSW of Bingham Canyon, Utah
  2. 2.0 6 km WNW of Lehi, Utah
  3. 1.6 5 km SSW of Bingham Canyon, Utah
  4. 2.3 3 km SW of Bingham Canyon, Utah
  5. 1.6 5 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
  6. 2.9 6 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
  7. 1.6 6 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
  8. 1.8 5 km E of Heber City, Utah
  9. 2.2 7 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
  10. 1.7 6 km NW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
  11. 1.9 17 km ESE of Rocky Ridge, Utah
  12. 2.4 17 km ESE of Rocky Ridge, Utah
  13. 2.5 8 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah
  14. 1.8 8 km NW of Saratoga Springs, Utah
  15. 1.9 6 km WNW of Lehi, 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.

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