M2.6 earthquake 9 km WNW of Glendale, Utah
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Glendale, Utah on Wed, Sep 30, 1981, 2:51 AM MDT (08:51 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km W of Fredonia, Arizona. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-09-30 08:51:54 UTC
- Depth
- 16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.362° N, 112.695° 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 2.8 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 228°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Utah · 16426 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.05 km W of Enoch, Utah · 16424 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 16409 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.32 km NNW of Summit, Utah · 16397 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 16383 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.72 km W of Fredonia, Arizona · 16381 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 16381 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50002715. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:48 PM UTC.