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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Kanab, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Kanab in the 24 hours to 8:21 am MST (15:21 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 18 km (11 mi) SE, at 10:46 am MST on 21 November 2024, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 15 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Kanab
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 30 km (19 mi) north-northeast of Kanab, UT, at 6:16 pm MDT on 8 May 2026 (00:16 UTC), 17 km deep.
USGS: 13 km E of Glendale, Utah
- When
- 6:16 pm MDT on 8 May 2026 ()
- Where
- 30 km (19 mi) north-northeast of Kanab, UT · earthquakes near Kanab
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 17 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kane County, 55 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 11 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 185 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Kanab, 30 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 15,000 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 37.3092, -112.4407. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kane County, UT | 55 km (34 mi) | E | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Washington County, UT | 93 km (58 mi) | W | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Iron County, UT | 101 km (63 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Garfield County, UT | 105 km (65 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Piute County, UT | 117 km (73 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Beaver County, UT | 136 km (85 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Beaver County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
36 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 14 km SE of Hatch, Utah
- 1.4 6 km SSW of Orderville, Utah
- 1.3 16 km SE of Hatch, Utah
- 1.1 13 km SW of Orderville, Utah
- 2.1 12 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.6 10 km W of Alton, Utah
- 1.3 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.3 8 km WSW of Orderville, Utah
- 1.9 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 0.2 15 km SW of Orderville, Utah
- 1.4 14 km SW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.5 17 km E of Springdale, Utah
- 1.4 12 km ENE of Springdale, Utah
- 1.5 8 km ENE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.6 8 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona
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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