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M 2.3ml
Earthquake near Hildale, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Hildale in the 24 hours to 3:17 pm MST (22:17 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 12 km (8 mi) NE, at 8:17 pm MDT on 12 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Hildale
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) northeast of Hildale, UT, at 11:34 pm MST on 2 January 2026 (06:34 UTC), 17 km deep.
USGS: 10 km NE of Hildale, Utah
60 km (38 mi) E of St. George, UT
- When
- 11:34 pm MST on 2 January 2026 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) northeast of Hildale, UT · earthquakes near Hildale
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Washington County, 56 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 17 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 311 days ago
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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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Hildale, 11 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: Colorado City, Centennial Park.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 74 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 74 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 4.5 on 2024-07-29 — about 2,100 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 37.0795, -112.8957. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, UT | 56 km (35 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Kane County, UT | 98 km (61 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Iron County, UT | 99 km (62 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Iron County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 8 km ENE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.6 8 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.9 8 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.7 8 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.6 8 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 0.7 10 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.3 10 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.1 10 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 0.5 10 km E of Springdale, Utah
- 0.9 8 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 2.0 10 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.7 10 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.9 7 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.6 10 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.6 12 km ESE of Kanarraville, 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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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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