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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Enoch, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Enoch in the 24 hours to 7:13 am MST (14:13 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 8 km (5 mi) NW, at 10:46 am MST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Enoch

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) west-northwest of Enoch, UT, at 11:53 pm MDT on 25 May 2025 (05:53 UTC), 13 km deep.

USGS: 13 km WNW of Enoch, Utah

91 km (57 mi) NNE of St. George, UT

11:53 pm MDT, May 25, 2025 · · 13 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Iron County 15 kmBeaver County 59 kmWashington County 69 kmPiute County 107 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
11:53 pm MDT on 25 May 2025 ()
Where
14 km (9 mi) west-northwest of Enoch, UT · earthquakes near Enoch
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Iron County, 15 km NW
Nearest mapped fault
Enoch graben faults, 12 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 535 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Enoch, 14 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: Cedar City, Parowan.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 12,000 times the energy of this one.

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 37.8288, -113.1650. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Iron County, UT 15 km (10 mi) NW earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 59 km (37 mi) N earthquakes near Beaver County
Washington County, UT 69 km (43 mi) SSW earthquakes near Washington County
Piute County, UT 107 km (66 mi) ENE earthquakes near Piute County
Kane County, UT 134 km (83 mi) ESE earthquakes near Kane County
Sevier County, UT 156 km (97 mi) NE earthquakes near Sevier County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  2. 1.8 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
  3. 1.6 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
  4. 1.8 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
  5. 1.9 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
  6. 1.8 16 km NW of Parowan, Utah
  7. 3.0 1 km W of Kanarraville, Utah
  8. 1.6 12 km S of Cedar City, Utah
  9. 1.5 11 km S of Cedar City, Utah
  10. 2.5 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  11. 1.9 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  12. 2.2 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  13. 1.6 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  14. 1.9 12 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  15. 1.7 16 km NW of Parowan, 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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