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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Centerfield, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Centerfield in the 24 hours to 10:59 pm MST (05:59 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 30 km (19 mi) NW, at 6:35 am MDT on 24 May 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Centerfield

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 4 km (3 mi) southwest of Centerfield, UT, at 12:32 pm MST on 3 February 2025 (19:32 UTC), 6.5 km deep.

USGS: 4 km SW of Centerfield, Utah

12:32 pm MST, Feb 3, 2025 · · 6.5 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 39 kmSevier County 40 kmPiute County 88 kmEmery County 99 kmJuab County 105 kmMillard County 111 kmUtah County 114 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
12:32 pm MST on 3 February 2025 ()
Where
4 km (3 mi) southwest of Centerfield, UT · earthquakes near Centerfield
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 39 km NE
Nearest mapped fault
Maple Grove faults, 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 646 days ago

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 Centerfield, 4 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: Gunnison, Salina, Aurora, Manti.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.6 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.2 0 km SSW of Central Valley, Utah · 49 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 25 km SE of Salina, Utah · 36 km SE 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 39.1020, -111.8570. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Sanpete County, UT 39 km (24 mi) NE earthquakes near Sanpete County
Sevier County, UT 40 km (25 mi) S earthquakes near Sevier County
Piute County, UT 88 km (55 mi) SSW earthquakes near Piute County
Emery County, UT 99 km (61 mi) E earthquakes near Emery County
Juab County, UT 105 km (65 mi) NW earthquakes near Juab County
Millard County, UT 111 km (69 mi) W earthquakes near Millard 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.

  1. 1.7 7 km NNW of Fayette, Utah
  2. 1.9 16 km S of Levan, Utah
  3. 1.9 3 km E of Manti, Utah
  4. 1.7 31 km N of Fremont, Utah
  5. 1.5 5 km W of Redmond, Utah
  6. 1.6 15 km NW of Emery, Utah
  7. 1.6 8 km E of Oak City, Utah
  8. 1.7 21 km WSW of Emery, Utah
  9. 1.6 0 km SW of Centerfield, Utah
  10. 1.9 30 km N of Fremont, Utah
  11. 2.0 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  12. 1.6 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  13. 2.4 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  14. 1.9 7 km SE of Holden, Utah
  15. 1.6 16 km NW of Emery, 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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