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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Logan, UT

No earthquake was likely felt in Logan in the 24 hours to 2:38 pm MST (21:38 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 16 km (10 mi) ESE, at 6:52 am MDT on 25 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 19 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Logan

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) north-northwest of Logan, UT, at 12:31 pm MDT on 22 August 2026 (18:31 UTC), 6.1 km deep.

USGS: 1 km SE of Cornish, Utah

27 km (17 mi) NNW of Logan, UT · 132 km (82 mi) N of Salt Lake City, UT

12:31 pm MDT, Aug 22, 2026 · · 6.1 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Franklin County 25 kmCache County 31 kmOneida County 53 kmBear Lake County 62 kmRich County 69 kmWeber County 78 kmBannock County 84 kmCaribou County 97 kmBox Elder County 100 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
12:31 pm MDT on 22 August 2026 ()
Where
27 km (17 mi) north-northwest of Logan, UT · earthquakes near Logan
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Franklin County, 25 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
West Cache fault, 13 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 79 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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Logan, 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Lewiston, Richmond, Preston, Smithfield, Benson, Hyde Park.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 8 km W of Garden City, Utah · 37 km E of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 16 km ENE of North Logan, Utah · 32 km ESE of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 2 km S of Richmond, Utah · 13 km SE 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 41.9673, -111.9428. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Franklin County, ID 25 km (16 mi) NNE earthquakes near Franklin County
Cache County, UT 31 km (19 mi) SSE earthquakes near Cache County
Oneida County, ID 53 km (33 mi) WNW earthquakes near Oneida County
Bear Lake County, ID 62 km (38 mi) NE earthquakes near Bear Lake County
Rich County, UT 69 km (43 mi) ESE earthquakes near Rich County
Weber County, UT 78 km (48 mi) S earthquakes near Weber County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.9 10 km SSW of Portage, Utah
  2. 2.1 13 km ENE of Hyde Park, Utah
  3. 2.0 14 km ESE of Providence, Utah
  4. 1.2 3 km NNE of Thatcher, Utah
  5. 0.5 8 km E of Howell, Utah
  6. 0.8 9 km W of Garden, 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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