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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

14 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah

· -1.9 km deep · released about 46 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Millard County 53 kmPiute County 61 kmSevier County 67 kmBeaver County 71 kmJuab County 109 kmSanpete County 112 kmIron County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
-1.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Millard County, 53 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 474 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 46 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 330,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 21× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 46 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 38.7457, -112.5880. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Millard County, UT 53 km (33 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Millard County
Piute County, UT 61 km (38 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Piute County
Sevier County, UT 67 km (42 mi) W of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Beaver County, UT 71 km (44 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Beaver County
Juab County, UT 109 km (68 mi) S of here earthquakes near Juab County
Sanpete County, UT 112 km (69 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 15 km NE of Milford, Utah
  2. 1.5 15 km NE of Milford, Utah
  3. 1.5 15 km NE of Milford, Utah
  4. 1.5 15 km NE of Milford, Utah
  5. 1.5 15 km NE of Milford, Utah
  6. 1.6 22 km SW of Kanosh, Utah
  7. 1.8 9 km SW of Kanosh, Utah
  8. 1.8 8 km SSE of Joseph, Utah
  9. 1.9 23 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah
  10. 1.5 22 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah
  11. 1.5 25 km SW of Kanosh, Utah
  12. 1.6 14 km NE of Milford, Utah
  13. 1.7 14 km NE of Milford, Utah
  14. 1.5 14 km NE of Milford, Utah
  15. 1.9 15 km NE of Milford, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.1 on 2019-04-14 — it released about 810 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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