Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4 km W of Genola, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km W of Genola, Utah on Fri, Oct 2, 1981, 4:59 AM MDT (10:59 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 5 km N of Helper, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-10-02 10:59:47 UTC
Depth
0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.998° N, 111.897° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
76°
Stations used
15

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.53 km SSW of Scofield, Utah · 16428 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.89 km W of Nephi, Utah · 16423 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 1.88 km W of Nephi, Utah · 16423 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.63 km WSW of Ophir, Utah · 16412 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 2.3Utah · 16407 days ago · -3 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 1.58 km N of Fayette, Utah · 16405 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.08 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 16405 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.78 km N of Fayette, Utah · 16405 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.33 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16402 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.45 km N of Helper, Utah · 16399 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.915 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 16396 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.64 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16395 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.73 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16391 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.614 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16387 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.514 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16440 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.312 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16446 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.14 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16463 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50002720. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:46 PM UTC.