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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Toquerville, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Toquerville in the 24 hours to 1:51 am MST (08:51 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 3 km (2 mi) NNE, at 11:40 am MST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Toquerville

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded in Toquerville, UT, at 12:14 pm MST on 21 February 2025 (19:14 UTC), 4.3 km deep.

USGS: 1 km WNW of Toquerville, Utah

32 km (20 mi) NE of St. George, UT

12:14 pm MST, Feb 21, 2025 · · 4.3 km deep · released about 31 lb of TNT

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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
12:14 pm MST on 21 February 2025 ()
Where
in Toquerville, UT · earthquakes near Toquerville
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
4.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 17 km W
Nearest mapped fault
Hurricane fault, 2 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 629 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. 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.

Likely felt in: Hurricane 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 4,900 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 Near Pine Valley, Utah · 24 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 25 km SW 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 37.2578, -113.2967. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Washington County, UT 17 km (11 mi) W earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT 72 km (45 mi) N earthquakes near Iron 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. 1.6 9 km W of Veyo, Utah
  2. 1.9 8 km W of Veyo, Utah
  3. 1.8 0 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona
  4. 1.6 6 km NE of Hildale, Utah
  5. 1.5 13 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  6. 1.8 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  7. 2.0 12 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah
  8. 2.3 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  9. 1.6 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  10. 1.6 17 km ESE of Springdale, Utah
  11. 1.9 12 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  12. 1.6 9 km E of Springdale, Utah
  13. 1.5 9 km E of Springdale, Utah
  14. 1.6 1 km SSW of Newcastle, Utah
  15. 1.6 8 km NNE of Central, 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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