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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Ephraim, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Ephraim in the 24 hours to 12:56 am MST (07:56 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 10 km (7 mi) S, at 2:29 am MDT on 22 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Ephraim
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) west of Ephraim, UT, at 8:39 pm MST on 20 February 2026 (03:39 UTC), 5.5 km deep.
USGS: 15 km NW of Fayette, Utah
- When
- 8:39 pm MST on 20 February 2026 ()
- Where
- 32 km (20 mi) west of Ephraim, UT · earthquakes near Ephraim
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sanpete County, 33 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wasatch fault, 5 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 262 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 Ephraim, 32 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Gunnison, Centerfield, Manti.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 3 km WSW of Nephi, Utah · 41 km N 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 39.3362, -111.9625. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanpete County, UT | 33 km (21 mi) | E | earthquakes near Sanpete County |
| Sevier County, UT | 67 km (42 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sevier County |
| Juab County, UT | 83 km (51 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Juab County |
| Utah County, UT | 91 km (56 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Utah County |
| Millard County, UT | 109 km (68 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Millard County |
| Piute County, UT | 112 km (70 mi) | S | earthquakes near Piute County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
28 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 7 km W of Centerfield, Utah
- 2.1 4 km ENE of Leamington, Utah
- 1.3 17 km WSW of Levan, Utah
- 1.9 17 km WSW of Levan, Utah
- 1.1 5 km S of Spring City, Utah
- 1.1 17 km WSW of Levan, Utah
- 1.2 16 km SSW of Levan, Utah
- 0.9 15 km NNW of Fayette, Utah
- 0.9 12 km SSW of Levan, Utah
- 1.3 17 km SSE of Levan, Utah
- 0.3 6 km SSE of Ephraim, Utah
- 1.2 6 km ENE of Manti, Utah
- 1.3 9 km WNW of Manti, Utah
- 1.2 17 km NNE of Fayette, Utah
- 1.3 6 km W of Sterling, 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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