M1.7 earthquake 9 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah on Fri, Jan 2, 1981, 10:20 AM MST (17:20 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km W of Kanarraville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-01-02 17:20:22 UTC
- Depth
- -0.4 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.607° N, 113.258° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 252°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.611 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.36 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.29 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.86 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.7Utah · 16691 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.54 km E of Kanarraville, Utah · 16691 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.910 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16689 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.19 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16689 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.29 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16689 days ago · -2 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.65 km E of Kanarraville, Utah · 16688 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.66 km S of Kanarraville, Utah · 16688 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16687 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.917 km WNW of Paragonah, Utah · 16686 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.28 km W of Kanarraville, Utah · 16677 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16676 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.38 km NNE of New Harmony, Utah · 16674 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.97 km NNE of New Harmony, Utah · 16672 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.18 km NNE of New Harmony, Utah · 16672 days ago · -3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.38 km SSE of Alton, Utah · 16660 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Beryl Junction, Utah · 16660 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.310 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16650 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.310 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16648 days ago · -2 km deep · 68 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50000005. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:50 PM UTC.