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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Provo, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Provo in the 24 hours to 5:47 am MST (12:47 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 41 km (25 mi) southwest of Provo, UT, at 5:41 am MDT on 2 May 2025 (11:41 UTC), 4.6 km deep.
USGS: 2 km SE of Mount Nebo, Utah
42 km (26 mi) SW of Provo, UT
- When
- 5:41 am MDT on 2 May 2025 ()
- Where
- 41 km (25 mi) southwest of Provo, UT · earthquakes near Provo
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Utah County, 31 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Utah Lake faults, 16 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 559 days ago
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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 Provo, 41 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Genola, Santaquin, Mona, West Mountain, Payson, Elk Ridge.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.4 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 3 km WSW of Nephi, Utah · 27 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.0 1 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah · 3 km W 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 39.9380, -111.9367. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah County, UT | 31 km (19 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Sanpete County, UT | 70 km (43 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sanpete County |
| Juab County, UT | 77 km (48 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Juab County |
| Wasatch County, UT | 79 km (49 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Wasatch County |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 81 km (50 mi) | N | earthquakes near Salt Lake County |
| Tooele County, UT | 117 km (73 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Tooele County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
17 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.2 1 km WNW of Mona, Utah
- 0.9 12 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah
- 0.8 13 km W of Mona, Utah
- 1.3 12 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah
- 1.3 17 km WSW of Levan, Utah
- 1.9 17 km WSW of Levan, Utah
- 1.9 17 km ESE of Rocky Ridge, Utah
- 2.4 17 km ESE of Rocky Ridge, Utah
- 2.5 8 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah
- 1.6 21 km NE of Leamington, Utah
- 1.8 21 km WNW of Levan, Utah
- 2.3 10 km SW of Nephi, Utah
- 1.6 10 km SW of Nephi, Utah
- 1.6 10 km NE of Fountain Green, Utah
- 1.9 17 km NNW of Fairview, 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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