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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Hildale, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Hildale in the 24 hours to 5:09 am MST (12:09 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 12 km (8 mi) NE, at 8:17 pm MDT on 12 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Hildale
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) east-northeast of Hildale, UT, at 10:16 pm MST on 1 February 2025 (05:16 UTC), 10 km deep.
USGS: 13 km ENE of Hildale, Utah
65 km (40 mi) E of St. George, UT
- When
- 10:16 pm MST on 1 February 2025 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) east-northeast of Hildale, UT · earthquakes near Hildale
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Washington County, 61 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 12 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 647 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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Hildale, 13 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: Colorado City, Centennial Park, Kanab.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- 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 4.5 on 2024-07-29 — about 25,000 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 37.0678, -112.8447. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, UT | 61 km (38 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Kane County, UT | 94 km (58 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Iron County, UT | 102 km (63 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Iron County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 9 km E of Springdale, Utah
- 1.5 10 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 2.3 10 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.9 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.6 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.7 7 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 1.6 5 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.8 0 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.6 6 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.7 20 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.5 7 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona
- 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
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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