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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

14 km E of Ephraim, Utah

· 16 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sanpete County 13 kmEmery County 72 kmSevier County 76 kmCarbon County 79 kmUtah County 87 kmWasatch County 111 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
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sanpete County, 13 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 475 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 6.2 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 39.3595, -111.4210. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sanpete County, UT 13 km (8 mi) E of here earthquakes near Sanpete County
Emery County, UT 72 km (45 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Emery County
Sevier County, UT 76 km (47 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Carbon County, UT 79 km (49 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Carbon County
Utah County, UT 87 km (54 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Utah County
Wasatch County, UT 111 km (69 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Wasatch County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 5 km E of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  2. 1.8 3 km SSE of Mount Pleasant, Utah
  3. 1.7 7 km NNW of Fayette, Utah
  4. 1.9 16 km S of Levan, Utah
  5. 1.9 3 km E of Manti, Utah
  6. 2.4 4 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah
  7. 1.6 15 km NW of Emery, Utah
  8. 2.1 19 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  9. 1.6 15 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  10. 1.6 0 km SW of Centerfield, Utah
  11. 1.5 9 km W of Clear Creek, Utah
  12. 2.0 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
  13. 1.9 4 km W of Clear Creek, Utah
  14. 2.0 11 km SW of Clear Creek, Utah
  15. 1.9 5 km W of Clear Creek, 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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