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M 2.4md

Earthquake near Saint George, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Saint George in the 24 hours to 2:30 pm MST (21:30 UTC). The last one was M 4.0, 95 km (59 mi) W, at 1:16 am MDT on 6 June 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 37 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Saint George

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) northeast of Saint George, UT, at 11:59 pm MST on 5 March 2026 (06:59 UTC), 4.5 km deep.

USGS: 7 km NNW of Leeds, Utah

29 km (18 mi) NNE of St. George, UT

11:59 pm MST, Mar 5, 2026 · · 4.5 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 9 kmIron County 69 kmBeaver County 119 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
11:59 pm MST on 5 March 2026 ()
Where
27 km (17 mi) northeast of Saint George, UT · earthquakes near Saint George
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
4.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 9 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault
Hurricane fault, 10 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 231 days ago

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 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Saint George, 27 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: Hurricane 17 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.3 Near Pine Valley, Utah · 15 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 3 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 23 km SSW 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 37.2952, -113.4008. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Washington County, UT 9 km (5 mi) WSW earthquakes near Washington County
Iron County, UT 69 km (43 mi) N earthquakes near Iron County
Beaver County, UT 119 km (74 mi) N earthquakes near Beaver County
Piute County, UT 161 km (100 mi) NE earthquakes near Piute County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.4 12 km ENE of Springdale, Utah
  2. 0.9 11 km NW of Veyo, Utah
  3. 0.5 10 km E of Springdale, Utah
  4. 1.6 12 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah
  5. 2.1 5 km ESE of Pine Valley, Utah
  6. 1.7 10 km N of New Harmony, Utah
  7. 2.8 9 km N of New Harmony, Utah
  8. 1.6 11 km E of Kanarraville, Utah
  9. 1.5 8 km SSW of Leeds, Utah
  10. 1.6 8 km SSW of Leeds, Utah
  11. 1.8 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
  12. 1.6 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
  13. 1.8 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
  14. 1.9 13 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah
  15. 3.0 1 km W 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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