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M 1.5md

Earthquake near Mount Pleasant, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Mount Pleasant in the 24 hours to 11:54 pm MST (06:54 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 5 km (3 mi) ENE, at 5:07 pm MDT on 12 August 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Mount Pleasant

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 20 km (13 mi) east-northeast of Mount Pleasant, UT, at 6:54 am MDT on 2 April 2025 (12:54 UTC), less than 1 km deep.

USGS: 8 km W of Clear Creek, Utah

6:54 am MDT, Apr 2, 2025 · · -2.7 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 41 kmCarbon County 56 kmUtah County 65 kmWasatch County 78 kmEmery County 83 kmDuchesne County 101 kmSevier County 110 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
6:54 am MDT on 2 April 2025 ()
Where
20 km (13 mi) east-northeast of Mount Pleasant, UT · earthquakes near Mount Pleasant
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
-2.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 41 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 590 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Mount Pleasant, 20 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: Fairview, Spring City.

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 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 39.6350, -111.2465. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Sanpete County, UT 41 km (25 mi) SW earthquakes near Sanpete County
Carbon County, UT 56 km (35 mi) E earthquakes near Carbon County
Utah County, UT 65 km (40 mi) NNW earthquakes near Utah County
Wasatch County, UT 78 km (49 mi) N earthquakes near Wasatch County
Emery County, UT 83 km (52 mi) SSE earthquakes near Emery County
Duchesne County, UT 101 km (63 mi) NE earthquakes near Duchesne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.1 7 km E of Kenilworth, Utah
  2. 1.1 5 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah
  3. 2.3 5 km E of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  4. 1.8 3 km SSE of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  5. 1.6 4 km NNE of Kenilworth, Utah
  6. 2.4 4 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah
  7. 2.1 19 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  8. 1.7 1 km NNW of Kenilworth, Utah
  9. 1.9 17 km ESE of Rocky Ridge, Utah
  10. 2.4 17 km ESE of Rocky Ridge, Utah
  11. 2.5 8 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah
  12. 1.6 15 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  13. 1.5 9 km W of Clear Creek, Utah
  14. 1.6 6 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah
  15. 1.8 2 km NW of Kenilworth, 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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