Utah earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 27 km SW of Emery, Utah

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 27 km SW of Emery, Utah on Tue, Jun 9, 1981, 10:00 AM MDT (16:00 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 16 km SSW of Clear Creek, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-06-09 16:00:35 UTC
Depth
11.4 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.771° N, 111.505° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
104°
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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.916 km SSW of Clear Creek, Utah · 16541 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.56 km E of Marysvale, Utah · 16539 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.95 km ESE of Aurora, Utah · 16534 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.02 km WSW of Elsinore, Utah · 16533 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.011 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16524 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.116 km E of Holden, Utah · 16519 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.529 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16518 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.629 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16517 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.77 km WNW of Circleville, Utah · 16517 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.810 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16515 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.11 km SSW of Richfield, Utah · 16504 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.51 km NNE of Elsinore, Utah · 16503 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.629 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16490 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.624 km N of Fremont, Utah · 16489 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.511 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16484 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.615 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16482 days ago · -3 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.86 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16481 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 1.55 km W of Koosharem, Utah · 16566 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 3.95 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16567 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.717 km WSW of Marysvale, Utah · 16570 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50001705. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC.