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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

8 km W of Clear Creek, Utah

· -3.1 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 40 kmCarbon County 57 kmUtah County 65 kmWasatch County 78 kmEmery County 83 kmDuchesne County 101 kmSevier County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
-3.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 40 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 586 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 10 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 92× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 39.6343, -111.2547. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 40 km (25 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Carbon County, UT 57 km (36 mi) W of here earthquakes near Carbon County
Utah County, UT 65 km (40 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Utah County
Wasatch County, UT 78 km (49 mi) S of here earthquakes near Wasatch County
Emery County, UT 83 km (52 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Emery County
Duchesne County, UT 101 km (63 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Duchesne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 9 km E of Fairview, Utah
  2. 1.6 7 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah
  3. 2.2 7 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah
  4. 2.1 7 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah
  5. 1.5 6 km S of Clear Creek, Utah
  6. 1.6 6 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah
  7. 1.9 4 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah
  8. 1.5 12 km ENE of Fairview, Utah
  9. 1.6 1 km WSW of Fairview, Utah
  10. 1.9 2 km WSW of Fairview, Utah
  11. 1.8 8 km E of Ephraim, Utah
  12. 1.7 7 km E of Ephraim, Utah
  13. 1.6 6 km WNW of Helper, Utah
  14. 1.5 7 km NW of Helper, Utah
  15. 1.6 10 km NE of Fountain Green, 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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