Utah earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 22 km WSW of Circleville, Utah

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 22 km WSW of Circleville, Utah on Sun, Aug 9, 1981, 12:13 AM MDT (06:13 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 16 km N of Paragonah, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-08-09 06:13:11 UTC
Depth
12.8 km (7.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.072° N, 112.490° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
169°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.717 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 16480 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.515 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 16478 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 1.614 km ESE of Minersville, Utah · 16478 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 2.216 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16478 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16478 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 1.511 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 16477 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.214 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16477 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.519 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16477 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.62 km WSW of Monroe, Utah · 16476 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.19 km SW of Hatch, Utah · 16476 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.1Utah · 16474 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.64 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 16462 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.06 km N of Summit, Utah · 16461 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.96 km NNW of Summit, Utah · 16461 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 3.04 km N of Summit, Utah · 16461 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 1.84 km N of Summit, Utah · 16461 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.924 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16457 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 1.510 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 16437 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.810 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16429 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.69 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 16428 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.7Utah · 16426 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 2.05 km W of Enoch, Utah · 16424 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 3.119 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.118 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 2.210 km ESE of Parowan, Utah · 16491 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.718 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 16493 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.51 km NNE of Elsinore, Utah · 16503 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.11 km SSW of Richfield, Utah · 16504 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50002190. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.