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M 1.6md
Earthquake near Enoch, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Enoch in the 24 hours to 4:25 am MST (11:25 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 8 km (5 mi) NW, at 10:46 am MST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Enoch
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) west of Enoch, UT, at 3:36 pm MST on 4 February 2026 (22:36 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 5 km W of Enoch, Utah
89 km (55 mi) NNE of St. George, UT
- When
- 3:36 pm MST on 4 February 2026 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) west of Enoch, UT · earthquakes near Enoch
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (md)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Iron County, 24 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Enoch graben faults, 4 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 281 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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Enoch, 6 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: Cedar City, Parowan.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.4 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 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× 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 8.4 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 18,000 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 37.7803, -113.0885. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron County, UT | 24 km (15 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 66 km (41 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Beaver County |
| Washington County, UT | 67 km (42 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Piute County, UT | 104 km (65 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Kane County, UT | 126 km (78 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Sevier County, UT | 155 km (96 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Sevier County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 7 km NW of Enoch, Utah
- 1.6 8 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
- 0.8 13 km W of Enoch, Utah
- 1.6 4 km S of Summit, Utah
- 1.7 8 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
- 1.6 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
- 1.2 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
- 0.5 8 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah
- 1.5 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
- 1.1 7 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
- 1.3 13 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah
- 1.2 13 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah
- 1.8 23 km NNE of Beryl Junction, Utah
- 1.9 15 km W of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.9 10 km WNW of Panguitch, 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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