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M 2.3ml

12 km NW of Fayette, Utah

· 4.2 km deep · released about 82 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 34 kmSevier County 64 kmJuab County 84 kmUtah County 94 kmMillard County 108 kmPiute County 109 kmEmery County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
4.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 34 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 538 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 82 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 82 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 39.3060, -111.9617. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 34 km (21 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Sevier County, UT 64 km (39 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Juab County, UT 84 km (52 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Juab County
Utah County, UT 94 km (58 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Utah County
Millard County, UT 108 km (67 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Millard County
Piute County, UT 109 km (68 mi) N of here earthquakes near Piute County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 7 km SSE of Salina, Utah
  2. 1.2 13 km NE of Scipio, Utah
  3. 1.9 18 km S of Levan, Utah
  4. 1.7 7 km NNW of Fayette, Utah
  5. 1.9 16 km S of Levan, Utah
  6. 1.9 3 km E of Manti, Utah
  7. 1.5 5 km W of Redmond, Utah
  8. 1.6 8 km E of Oak City, Utah
  9. 1.6 0 km SW of Centerfield, Utah
  10. 1.6 21 km NE of Leamington, Utah
  11. 1.8 21 km WNW of Levan, Utah
  12. 2.0 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  13. 1.6 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  14. 2.4 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  15. 1.9 7 km SE of Holden, 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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