Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.2ml
Earthquake near Milford, UT
USGS: 13 km NE of Milford, Utah
- When
- 4:15 am MDT on 28 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 14 km (9 mi) NE of Milford, UT · earthquakes near Milford
- Magnitude
- M 1.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Beaver County, 33 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Mineral Mountains (west side) faults, 7 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 4 days ago
A magnitude 1.2 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) NE of Milford, UT, at 4:15 am MDT on 28 September 2026 (10:15 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 9,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 580× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.2 about 1.7 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 4.1 on 2019-04-14 — about 22,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.6 Near Marysvale, Utah · 44 km E 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 38.4882, -112.9003. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver County, UT | 33 km (20 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Beaver County |
| Millard County, UT | 56 km (35 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Millard County |
| Piute County, UT | 69 km (43 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Iron County, UT | 74 km (46 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Sevier County, UT | 99 km (61 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Sevier County |
| Sanpete County, UT | 151 km (94 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Sanpete County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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