Utah earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 7 km WNW of Circleville, Utah

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Circleville, Utah on Fri, Jul 3, 1981, 2:23 AM MDT (08:23 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 1 km SSW of Richfield, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-07-03 08:23:05 UTC
Depth
3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.205° N, 112.342° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 11.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
274°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.532 km NE of Milford, Utah · 16513 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.11 km SSW of Richfield, Utah · 16504 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.51 km NNE of Elsinore, Utah · 16503 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.718 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 16493 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.210 km ESE of Parowan, Utah · 16491 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.629 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16490 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.624 km N of Fremont, Utah · 16489 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.118 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 3.119 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.922 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 16480 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.717 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 16480 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.515 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 16479 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.614 km ESE of Minersville, Utah · 16479 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.216 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16478 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16478 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 1.511 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 16477 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 2.214 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16477 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.519 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16477 days ago · 22 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.62 km WSW of Monroe, Utah · 16476 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 2.19 km SW of Hatch, Utah · 16476 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.1Utah · 16475 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 2.64 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 16462 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 2.06 km N of Summit, Utah · 16462 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.96 km NNW of Summit, Utah · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 3.04 km N of Summit, Utah · 16461 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 1.84 km N of Summit, Utah · 16461 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 1.924 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16457 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 1.629 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16517 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.529 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16518 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.510 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 16523 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.02 km WSW of Elsinore, Utah · 16533 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 1.95 km ESE of Aurora, Utah · 16534 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.914 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 16539 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.56 km E of Marysvale, Utah · 16539 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.527 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16541 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.19 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 16547 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50001840. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.