Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 1 km NNE of Elsinore, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 1 km NNE of Elsinore, Utah on Fri, Jul 17, 1981, 11:10 AM MDT (17:10 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 19 km N of Paragonah, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-07-17 17:10:44 UTC
Depth
0.4 km (0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.697° N, 112.144° 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, 0.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.718 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 16499 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.629 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16496 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.624 km N of Fremont, Utah · 16495 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.615 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16488 days ago · -3 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.118 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16487 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.119 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16487 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16487 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.922 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 16486 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.717 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 16486 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.515 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 16485 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.614 km ESE of Minersville, Utah · 16485 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.216 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16484 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16484 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.09 km WNW of Fayette, Utah · 16483 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.511 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 16483 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.214 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16483 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.519 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16483 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.62 km WSW of Monroe, Utah · 16482 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.1Utah · 16481 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.517 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16476 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.814 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16466 days ago · -3 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.924 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16463 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.021 km ESE of Mayfield, Utah · 16462 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.72 km E of Redmond, Utah · 16462 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 1.631 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 16457 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 1.721 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 16457 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.119 km ESE of Mayfield, Utah · 16451 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 2.11 km SSW of Richfield, Utah · 16510 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.532 km NE of Milford, Utah · 16519 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.77 km WNW of Circleville, Utah · 16523 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.629 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16523 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.529 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16524 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.116 km E of Holden, Utah · 16525 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50001965. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC.