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M 1.8md
Earthquake near Cedar City, UT
No earthquake was likely felt in Cedar City in the 24 hours to 4:22 am MST (11:22 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 16 km (10 mi) N, at 10:46 am MST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Cedar City
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 42 km (26 mi) north-northeast of Cedar City, UT, at 2:04 pm MDT on 15 October 2026 (20:04 UTC), 9.7 km deep.
USGS: 16 km NNW of Paragonah, Utah
- When
- 2:04 pm MDT on 15 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 42 km (26 mi) north-northeast of Cedar City, UT · earthquakes near Cedar City
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 9.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Iron County, 40 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Parowan Valley 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 29 days ago
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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 Cedar City, 42 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Parowan.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 15 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 4.4 on 2020-10-03 — about 8,500 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 38.0187, -112.8662. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron County, UT | 40 km (25 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Iron County |
| Beaver County, UT | 50 km (31 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Beaver County |
| Piute County, UT | 73 km (46 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Piute County |
| Washington County, UT | 100 km (62 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Millard County, UT | 107 km (66 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Millard County |
| Sevier County, UT | 122 km (76 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Sevier County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
38 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 9 km ESE of Beaver, Utah
- 1.5 14 km NW of Parowan, Utah
- 1.1 4 km NNW of Enoch, Utah
- 2.2 7 km NW of Enoch, Utah
- 1.6 8 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
- 1.9 11 km S of Beaver, Utah
- 0.8 13 km W of Enoch, Utah
- 1.6 4 km S of Summit, Utah
- 1.7 8 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
- 1.5 4 km ESE of Beaver, Utah
- 0.5 8 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah
- 1.1 7 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
- 1.6 8 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah
- 1.1 13 km NNE of Beaver, Utah
- 1.7 14 km NNE of Beaver, 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
- 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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