Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5md
5 km W of Redmond, Utah
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sevier County, 30 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 117 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.2 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 2,500,000× 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 1.5 about 6.2 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.
Where
Epicentre 39.0033, -111.9225. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevier County, UT | 30 km (19 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Sevier County |
| Sanpete County, UT | 51 km (32 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Sanpete County |
| Piute County, UT | 76 km (47 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Emery County, UT | 104 km (65 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Emery County |
| Millard County, UT | 105 km (65 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Millard County |
| Juab County, UT | 109 km (68 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Juab County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
7 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 7 km SSE of Salina, Utah
- 1.2 13 km NE of Scipio, Utah
- 1.9 18 km S of Levan, Utah
- 1.7 7 km NNW of Fayette, Utah
- 1.9 16 km S of Levan, Utah
- 1.9 3 km E of Manti, Utah
- 1.7 31 km N of Fremont, 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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