M2.0 earthquake 5 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah on Thu, Dec 10, 1981, 10:59 PM MST (05:59 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 11 km ESE of Leamington, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-12-11 05:59:19 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.494° N, 111.074° 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, 1.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.617 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 16354 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16349 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.912 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16307 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.911 km ESE of Leamington, Utah · 16307 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.011 km ESE of Leamington, Utah · 16307 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.13 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16299 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
Before
- 2.038 km W of Green River, Utah · 16374 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.711 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16376 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.614 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16380 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.011 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16380 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.612 km S of Sunnyside, Utah · 16383 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.73 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16383 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003340. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.