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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Saint George, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Saint George in the 24 hours to 4:53 pm MST (23:53 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 95 km (59 mi) W, at 1:16 am MDT on 6 June 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 37 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Saint George

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 41 km (26 mi) north-northeast of Saint George, UT, at 1:12 pm MDT on 5 May 2025 (19:12 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 7 km SW of New Harmony, Utah

44 km (27 mi) NNE of St. George, UT

1:12 pm MDT, May 5, 2025 · · 11 km deep · released about 7.1 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
1:12 pm MDT on 5 May 2025 ()
Where
41 km (26 mi) north-northeast of Saint George, UT · earthquakes near Saint George
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 22 km SSW
Nearest mapped fault
Hurricane fault, 14 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 556 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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Saint George, 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: Toquerville, LaVerkin.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 22,000 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 · 11 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 39 km SSW 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 37.4398, -113.3822. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Washington County, UT 22 km (14 mi) SSW earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT 53 km (33 mi) N earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 103 km (64 mi) N earthquakes near Beaver County
Piute County, UT 148 km (92 mi) NE earthquakes near Piute County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  2. 2.6 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  3. 1.8 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  4. 2.5 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  5. 1.5 12 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  6. 2.0 25 km S of Brian Head, Utah
  7. 1.6 7 km SW of Enterprise, Utah
  8. 1.7 14 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
  9. 1.6 9 km W of Veyo, Utah
  10. 1.9 8 km W of Veyo, Utah
  11. 1.5 13 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  12. 1.8 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  13. 2.0 12 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah
  14. 2.3 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  15. 1.6 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, 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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