M1.9 earthquake 10 km NE of Marysvale, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 10 km NE of Marysvale, Utah on Thu, Dec 10, 1981, 2:46 AM MST (09:46 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 11 km E of Beaver, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-12-10 09:46:18 UTC
- Depth
- 1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.528° N, 112.162° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.99 km SSW of Monroe, Utah · 16357 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 16354 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 16343 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.011 km E of Beaver, Utah · 16337 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 16334 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.75 km S of Circleville, Utah · 16326 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.16 km S of Circleville, Utah · 16323 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 16318 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 1.88 km NE of Marysvale, Utah · 16358 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.86 km SE of Joseph, Utah · 16362 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.215 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 16367 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 16367 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 16381 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Kingston, Utah · 16382 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.7Utah · 16385 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003330. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC.