M1.9 earthquake 4 km ESE of Aurora, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Aurora, Utah on Thu, Mar 12, 1981, 1:57 PM MST (20:57 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-03-12 20:57:48 UTC
- Depth
- 14.5 km (9.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.908° N, 111.889° W
- Region
- Utah
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.610 km SSE of Levan, Utah · 16611 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16605 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.613 km W of Circleville, Utah · 16602 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.717 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 16600 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 16600 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 16591 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50000550. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 7:55 AM UTC.