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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Price, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Price in the 24 hours to 7:19 pm MST (02:19 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 12 km (7 mi) N, at 6:49 pm MDT on 7 May 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Price

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) west-southwest of Price, UT, at 8:03 pm MDT on 22 July 2025 (02:03 UTC), 3.5 km deep.

USGS: 2 km N of Hiawatha, Utah

99 km (61 mi) SSE of Provo, UT

8:03 pm MDT, Jul 22, 2025 · · 3.5 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Carbon County 41 kmSanpete County 50 kmEmery County 60 kmUtah County 89 kmWasatch County 93 kmDuchesne County 101 kmSevier County 109 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
8:03 pm MDT on 22 July 2025 ()
Where
21 km (13 mi) west-southwest of Price, UT · earthquakes near Price
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
3.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Carbon County, 41 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 477 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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Price, 21 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: Huntington, Carbonville, Spring Glen, Wellington, Helper.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 790,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 70× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.2 13 km ESE of Castle Dale, Utah · 41 km SSE 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 39.5023, -111.0150. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Carbon County, UT 41 km (26 mi) ENE earthquakes near Carbon County
Sanpete County, UT 50 km (31 mi) WSW earthquakes near Sanpete County
Emery County, UT 60 km (38 mi) SSE earthquakes near Emery County
Utah County, UT 89 km (55 mi) NW earthquakes near Utah County
Wasatch County, UT 93 km (58 mi) N earthquakes near Wasatch County
Duchesne County, UT 101 km (63 mi) NNE earthquakes near Duchesne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.4 16 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  2. 1.3 16 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  3. 1.7 3 km NNE of Kenilworth, Utah
  4. 1.6 16 km E of Kenilworth, Utah
  5. 1.2 18 km N of Scofield, Utah
  6. 1.1 5 km S of Spring City, Utah
  7. 1.1 15 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  8. 1.3 15 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  9. 0.9 14 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  10. 1.3 9 km SSW of Clear Creek, Utah
  11. 1.3 9 km SSW of Clear Creek, Utah
  12. 1.6 16 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah
  13. 1.1 7 km E of Kenilworth, Utah
  14. 1.1 5 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah
  15. 2.3 5 km E of Mount Pleasant, 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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