Earthquake near Beaver, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Beaver in the 24 hours to 3:52 am MST (10:52 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 31 km (20 mi) NW, at 11:10 am MST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Beaver

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 26 km (16 mi) east of Beaver, UT, at 5:35 am MST on 2 January 2026 (12:35 UTC), 3.7 km deep.

USGS: 14 km NW of Junction, Utah

5:35 am MST, Jan 2, 2026 · 2026-01-02 12:35 UTC · 3.7 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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When: 5:35 am MST on 2 January 2026 (2026-01-02 12:35 UTC)
Where: 26 km (16 mi) east of Beaver, UT · earthquakes near Beaver
Magnitude: M 1.6 (ml)
Depth: 3.7 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Piute County, 19 km E
Nearest mapped fault: Beaver Basin faults, 17 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 314 days ago · we first saw it 314 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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Beaver, 26 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 8.7 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.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2020-10-03 — about 15,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

6.6 Near Marysvale, Utah · 21 km NNW of this epicentre Nov 14, 1901
5.2 0 km SSW of Central Valley, Utah · 48 km NNE of this epicentre Sep 29, 1921
5.0 10 km NE of Marysvale, Utah · 28 km NE of this epicentre Oct 4, 1967

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Piute County, UT	19 km (12 mi)	E	earthquakes near Piute County
Sevier County, UT	67 km (41 mi)	NE	earthquakes near Sevier County
Beaver County, UT	78 km (49 mi)	W	earthquakes near Beaver County
Garfield County, UT	95 km (59 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Garfield County
Iron County, UT	96 km (59 mi)	WSW	earthquakes near Iron County
Millard County, UT	99 km (61 mi)	NW	earthquakes near Millard County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 10:52 UTC. 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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