Utah earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 5 km W of Enoch, Utah

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 5 km W of Enoch, Utah on Sun, Oct 4, 1981, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 14 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-10-04 22:57:38 UTC
Depth
2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.779° N, 113.083° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.711 km ENE of Beaver, Utah · 16413 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.514 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 16411 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.68 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 16408 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.98 km NNW of Junction, Utah · 16401 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.32 km NNW of Summit, Utah · 16396 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.613 km WNW of Beryl Junction, Utah · 16396 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.13 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 16382 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.84 km SW of Kingston, Utah · 16381 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.62 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 16381 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 1.738 km NNE of Beryl Junction, Utah · 16374 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.85 km N of Toquerville, Utah · 16366 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.53 km NNE of Saint George, Utah · 16364 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 1.7Utah · 16425 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.69 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 16428 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.810 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16428 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50002750. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:30 AM UTC.