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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

38 km SSW of Dugway, Utah

· 5.3 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Juab County 21 kmTooele County 67 kmUtah County 106 kmMillard County 106 kmSalt Lake County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
1 report
Nearest
Juab County, 21 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 455 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 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 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× 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 7.6 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 39.8917, -112.8738. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Juab County, UT 21 km (13 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Juab County
Tooele County, UT 67 km (42 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tooele County
Utah County, UT 106 km (66 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Utah County
Millard County, UT 106 km (66 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Millard County
Salt Lake County, UT 118 km (73 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Salt Lake County
Sanpete County, UT 125 km (78 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Sanpete County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 49 km WSW of Dugway, Utah
  2. 1.6 34 km SSW of Dugway, Utah
  3. 1.5 38 km SSW of Dugway, 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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