Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 29 km SW of Emery, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 29 km SW of Emery, Utah on Thu, Jul 2, 1981, 8:20 AM MDT (14:20 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 11 km W of Huntington, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-07-02 14:20:21 UTC
Depth
12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.755° N, 111.504° 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, 1.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
105°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.629 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16524 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.77 km WNW of Circleville, Utah · 16524 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.810 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16522 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.11 km SSW of Richfield, Utah · 16511 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.51 km NNE of Elsinore, Utah · 16510 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.629 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16497 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.624 km N of Fremont, Utah · 16496 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.511 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16491 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.615 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16489 days ago · -3 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.86 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16488 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.412 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16487 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.09 km WNW of Fayette, Utah · 16484 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.511 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 16484 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.62 km WSW of Monroe, Utah · 16483 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.413 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16482 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.517 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16477 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.89 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16471 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.944 km ESE of Emery, Utah · 16469 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.814 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16467 days ago · -3 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 2.116 km E of Holden, Utah · 16526 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.011 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16531 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.02 km WSW of Elsinore, Utah · 16540 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.95 km ESE of Aurora, Utah · 16541 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.56 km E of Marysvale, Utah · 16546 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.916 km SSW of Clear Creek, Utah · 16548 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.527 km SW of Emery, Utah · 16548 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50001825. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC.