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M 4.1ml

10 km W of Maeser, Utah

· 68 km deep · released about 24 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Uintah County 42 kmDaggett County 49 kmDuchesne County 65 kmUinta County 115 kmSummit County 115 kmCarbon County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 4.1 (ml)
Depth
68 km below the surface
Felt
183 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Uintah County, 42 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 17 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 183 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 24 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 7,200× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 320× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.1 about 24 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 50× more

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 40.4802, -109.7048. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Uintah County, UT 42 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Uintah County
Daggett County, UT 49 km (30 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Daggett County
Duchesne County, UT 65 km (40 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Duchesne County
Uinta County, WY 115 km (71 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Uinta County
Summit County, UT 115 km (72 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Summit County
Carbon County, UT 117 km (73 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Carbon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 24 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  2. 3.1 18 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  3. 3.3 16 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  4. 1.9 12 km SSW of Jensen, Utah
  5. 3.0 21 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  6. 3.1 20 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  7. 3.4 22 km NNE of Vernal, Utah
  8. 3.2 18 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  9. 3.1 20 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  10. 3.3 25 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  11. 3.1 15 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  12. 3.2 15 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  13. 3.3 17 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  14. 3.1 18 km NNE of Maeser, Utah
  15. 3.4 18 km NNE of Vernal, 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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