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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Logan, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Logan in the 24 hours to 4:36 pm MST (23:36 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 16 km (10 mi) ESE, at 6:52 am MDT on 25 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 19 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Logan
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 23 km (15 mi) east-northeast of Logan, UT, at 3:25 pm MST on 7 January 2026 (22:25 UTC), 6.8 km deep. 15 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 17 km WSW of Garden, Utah
24 km (15 mi) ENE of Logan, UT · 121 km (75 mi) NNE of Salt Lake City, UT
- When
- 3:25 pm MST on 7 January 2026 ()
- Where
- 23 km (15 mi) east-northeast of Logan, UT · earthquakes near Logan
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 15 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Cache County, 17 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- East Cache fault, 15 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 191 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 33 km (21 mi) from the epicentre. In Logan, 23 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.
Likely felt in: North Logan 20 km, intensity II · Logan 23 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 780 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 14,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.2× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 780 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 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 8 km W of Garden City, Utah · 14 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.5 26 km E of Avon, Utah · 37 km S of this epicentre
- 5.2 16 km ENE of North Logan, Utah · 4 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.0 2 km S of Richmond, Utah · 21 km WNW 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 41.8307, -111.5832. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache County, UT | 17 km (11 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Cache County |
| Rich County, UT | 36 km (23 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Rich County |
| Franklin County, ID | 43 km (27 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 55 km (34 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
| Weber County, UT | 67 km (42 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Weber County |
| Morgan County, UT | 82 km (51 mi) | S | earthquakes near Morgan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
18 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 13 km ENE of Hyde Park, Utah
- 2.0 14 km ESE of Providence, Utah
- 0.8 9 km W of Garden, Utah
- 1.8 1 km SE of Cornish, Utah
- 1.7 1 km SE of Cornish, Utah
- 1.6 17 km E of North Logan, Utah
- 1.7 8 km SSW of Randolph, Utah
- 2.1 8 km SSW of Randolph, Utah
- 1.6 15 km E of Providence, Utah
- 2.6 15 km W of Paris, Idaho
- 1.6 13 km ESE of Millville, Utah
- 1.9 16 km E of Providence, Utah
- 2.0 12 km E of Millville, Utah
- 2.6 12 km E of Millville, Utah
- 2.0 10 km W of Garden, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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