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M 1.6md

Earthquake near Cedar City, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Cedar City in the 24 hours to 5:57 pm MST (00:57 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 16 km (10 mi) N, at 10:46 am MST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Cedar City

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) east-northeast of Cedar City, UT, at 8:53 pm MST on 11 February 2026 (03:53 UTC), 15 km deep.

USGS: 7 km ENE of Cedar City, Utah

87 km (54 mi) NE of St. George, UT

8:53 pm MST, Feb 11, 2026 · · 15 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Cedar City Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Iron County 36 kmWashington County 66 kmBeaver County 76 kmPiute County 103 kmKane County 114 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
8:53 pm MST on 11 February 2026 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) east-northeast of Cedar City, UT · earthquakes near Cedar City
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Iron County, 36 km NW
Nearest mapped fault
Cedar City-Parowan monocline (and faults), 3 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 273 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Cedar City, 7 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: Enoch, Parowan.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 24,000 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 37.7048, -112.9895. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Iron County, UT 36 km (22 mi) NW earthquakes near Iron County
Washington County, UT 66 km (41 mi) SW earthquakes near Washington County
Beaver County, UT 76 km (47 mi) NNW earthquakes near Beaver County
Piute County, UT 103 km (64 mi) NE earthquakes near Piute County
Kane County, UT 114 km (71 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

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

  1. 1.6 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  2. 1.2 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  3. 0.5 8 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah
  4. 1.5 11 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah
  5. 1.1 7 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
  6. 1.6 8 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
  7. 1.6 6 km W of Panguitch, Utah
  8. 1.3 13 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah
  9. 1.2 13 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah
  10. 1.7 7 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
  11. 1.6 7 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
  12. 1.9 8 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
  13. 1.9 15 km W of Panguitch, Utah
  14. 1.9 10 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
  15. 1.3 9 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.

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