Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 8 km NW of Circleville, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Circleville, Utah on Mon, Oct 19, 1981, 1:19 PM MDT (19:19 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 6 km SE of Joseph, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-10-19 19:19:25 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.214° N, 112.349° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 11.0 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
208°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.96 km SE of Joseph, Utah · 16402 days ago · -2 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 1.98 km NNW of Junction, Utah · 16401 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.32 km NNW of Summit, Utah · 16397 days ago · -1 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.77 km SSE of Joseph, Utah · 16393 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.53 km NE of Marysvale, Utah · 16389 days ago · -2 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 1.7Utah · 16385 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.84 km SW of Kingston, Utah · 16381 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.62 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 16381 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.615 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 16367 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.215 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 16367 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.86 km SE of Joseph, Utah · 16361 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.88 km NE of Marysvale, Utah · 16358 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.910 km NE of Marysvale, Utah · 16357 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.99 km SSW of Monroe, Utah · 16357 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 1.711 km ENE of Beaver, Utah · 16413 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.05 km W of Enoch, Utah · 16423 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.7Utah · 16426 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.69 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 16428 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.510 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 16437 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50002845. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:03 AM UTC.