Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.4ml
Earthquake near Hurricane, UT
USGS: 12 km ENE of Springdale, Utah
65 km (40 mi) ENE of St. George, UT
- When
- 12:42 pm MDT on 30 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 38 km (23 mi) ENE of Hurricane, UT · earthquakes near Hurricane
- Magnitude
- M 1.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 24 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Washington County, 54 km W
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sevier/Toroweap fault, 20 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 2 days ago
A magnitude 1.4 earthquake was recorded 38 km (23 mi) ENE of Hurricane, UT, at 12:42 pm MDT on 30 September 2026 (18:42 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Hildale.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 3.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 4,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 3,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 280× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.4 about 3.4 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 45,000 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 37.2502, -112.8762. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, UT | 54 km (34 mi) | W | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Iron County, UT | 83 km (51 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Kane County, UT | 94 km (58 mi) | E | earthquakes near Kane 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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