Utah earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 9 km ESE of Beaver, Utah

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Beaver, Utah on Wed, Jun 3, 1981, 4:20 PM MDT (22:20 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 10 km WNW of Enoch, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-06-03 22:20:55 UTC
Depth
11.2 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.257° N, 112.539° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
144°
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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.56 km E of Marysvale, Utah · 16540 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.914 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 16540 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.95 km ESE of Aurora, Utah · 16534 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.02 km WSW of Elsinore, Utah · 16533 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.510 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 16523 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.77 km WNW of Circleville, Utah · 16517 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.532 km NE of Milford, Utah · 16513 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.11 km SSW of Richfield, Utah · 16504 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.51 km NNE of Elsinore, Utah · 16503 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.718 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 16494 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.210 km ESE of Parowan, Utah · 16492 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.624 km N of Fremont, Utah · 16489 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 1.89 km NNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16548 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.55 km W of Koosharem, Utah · 16566 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.717 km WSW of Marysvale, Utah · 16570 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50001690. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:54 PM UTC.