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M 3.9ml
Earthquake near Provo, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Provo in the 24 hours to 11:09 pm MST (06:09 UTC). The last one was M 3.5, 63 km (39 mi) NNW, at 6:32 pm MST on 13 February 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4,122 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Provo
This page: a magnitude 3.9 earthquake was recorded 31 km (20 mi) east-northeast of Provo, UT, at 12:11 am MDT on 1 May 2025 (06:11 UTC), 14 km deep. 2,650 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4 km WNW of Independence, Utah
30 km (19 mi) ENE of Provo, UT
- When
- 12:11 am MDT on 1 May 2025 ()
- Where
- 31 km (20 mi) east-northeast of Provo, UT · earthquakes near Provo
- Magnitude
- M 3.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2,650 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Nearest
- Wasatch County, 12 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Strawberry fault, 8 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 391 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 91 km (57 mi) from the epicentre. In Provo, 31 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.
Likely felt in: Provo 31 km, intensity III · Pleasant Grove 37 km, intensity III · Spanish Fork 37 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 12 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 14,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 620× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 440× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.9 about 12 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 26× more
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 40.3173, -111.3042. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasatch County, UT | 12 km (8 mi) | E | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Utah County, UT | 38 km (24 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 65 km (41 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Summit County, UT | 68 km (42 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Summit County |
| Duchesne County, UT | 74 km (46 mi) | E | earthquakes near Duchesne County |
| Morgan County, UT | 89 km (55 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Morgan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
25 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.3 2 km SSW of Silver Summit, Utah
- 1.2 18 km N of Scofield, Utah
- 1.1 7 km SSW of Wallsburg, Utah
- 2.2 14 km E of Independence, Utah
- 1.6 21 km W of Tabiona, Utah
- 1.6 8 km E of Independence, Utah
- 1.6 19 km E of Independence, Utah
- 2.3 19 km E of Independence, Utah
- 2.4 19 km E of Independence, Utah
- 1.9 20 km E of Independence, Utah
- 1.8 5 km E of Heber City, Utah
- 2.5 8 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah
- 1.9 26 km S of Independence, Utah
- 1.9 24 km SSE of Independence, Utah
- 2.4 24 km SSE of Independence, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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