Earthquake near Milford, UT

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Milford in the last 24 hours. M 2.0, 15 km (10 mi) NNE of Milford, at 9:19 am MST on 12 November 2026 (16:19 UTC); the estimated shaking in Milford was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Milford

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 14 km (8 mi) northeast of Milford, UT, at 3:14 pm MDT on 4 October 2026 (21:14 UTC), 3.7 km deep.

USGS: 13 km NE of Milford, Utah

3:14 pm MDT, Oct 4, 2026 · 2026-10-04 21:14 UTC · 3.7 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

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When: 3:14 pm MDT on 4 October 2026 (2026-10-04 21:14 UTC)
Where: 14 km (8 mi) northeast of Milford, UT · earthquakes near Milford
Magnitude: M 1.5 (ml)
Depth: 3.7 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 39 days ago · we first saw it 39 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Milford, 14 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.6 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 2,700,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 6,700 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 · 43 km E of this epicentre Nov 14, 1901

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Beaver County, UT	33 km (20 mi)	WSW	earthquakes near Beaver County
Millard County, UT	57 km (35 mi)	NNW	earthquakes near Millard County
Piute County, UT	69 km (43 mi)	ESE	earthquakes near Piute County
Iron County, UT	73 km (45 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

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

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 11:23 UTC. 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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