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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Hildale, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Hildale in the 24 hours to 10:32 am MST (17:32 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 12 km (8 mi) NE, at 8:17 pm MDT on 12 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Hildale
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) northeast of Hildale, UT, at 5:24 pm MDT on 16 May 2026 (23:24 UTC), 11 km deep.
USGS: 7 km NE of Hildale, Utah
60 km (37 mi) E of St. George, UT
- When
- 5:24 pm MDT on 16 May 2026 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) northeast of Hildale, UT · earthquakes near Hildale
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Washington County, 57 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 17 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 178 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 Hildale, 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.
Likely felt in: Colorado City 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 18 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 8,500 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 37.0467, -112.9067. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, UT | 57 km (35 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Kane County, UT | 100 km (62 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Kane County |
| Iron County, UT | 102 km (64 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Iron County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 2 km NNE of Toquerville, Utah
- 1.4 7 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.3 12 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona
- 1.4 6 km SSW of Orderville, Utah
- 1.4 10 km SW of Centennial Park, Arizona
- 1.4 6 km ENE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.4 6 km ENE of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.1 13 km SW of Orderville, Utah
- 2.1 12 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.3 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 2.2 17 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona
- 1.3 8 km WSW of Orderville, Utah
- 2.1 6 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 1.9 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah
- 0.2 15 km SW of Orderville, 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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