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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Kanab, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Kanab in the 24 hours to 6:26 pm MST (01:26 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 18 km (11 mi) SE, at 10:46 am MST on 21 November 2024, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 15 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Kanab
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) northwest of Kanab, UT, at 12:50 pm MST on 16 January 2025 (19:50 UTC), 9.2 km deep.
USGS: 12 km SSW of Orderville, Utah
78 km (48 mi) E of St. George, UT
- When
- 12:50 pm MST on 16 January 2025 ()
- Where
- 22 km (14 mi) northwest of Kanab, UT · earthquakes near Kanab
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Washington County, 70 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 4 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 665 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Kanab, 22 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.3 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.3 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 4.5 on 2024-07-29 — about 16,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 37.1825, -112.7065. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, UT | 70 km (43 mi) | W | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Kane County, UT | 80 km (49 mi) | E | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Iron County, UT | 97 km (60 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Garfield County, UT | 132 km (82 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Garfield County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
41 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 6 km SSE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 1.6 17 km ESE of Springdale, Utah
- 1.6 6 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 2.3 8 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 1.7 7 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 1.6 6 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 1.8 6 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 1.8 8 km S of Fredonia, Arizona
- 2.2 7 km SSE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 2.2 8 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.8 9 km NW of Orderville, Utah
- 1.6 9 km NW of Orderville, Utah
- 1.6 9 km E of Springdale, Utah
- 1.5 9 km E of Springdale, Utah
- 1.9 5 km SSW of Kanab, 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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