M2.1 earthquake 8 km NNE of New Harmony, Utah
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 8 km NNE of New Harmony, Utah on Thu, Feb 5, 1981, 7:35 AM MST (14:35 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 9 km WNW 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
- 2.1 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-02-05 14:35:41 UTC
- Depth
- -3.3 km (-2.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.551° N, 113.285° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 198°, 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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.38 km SSE of Alton, Utah · 16660 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.929 km WNW of Beryl Junction, Utah · 16659 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.310 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16649 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.310 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16647 days ago · -2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6Utah · 16638 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.15 km SE of Panguitch, Utah · 16637 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.711 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16635 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16635 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.96 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16635 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.25 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16634 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.14 km E of Panguitch, Utah · 16634 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16634 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.211 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16633 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16633 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16633 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16631 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16631 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.511 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16631 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16620 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.29 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16613 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.310 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16613 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.310 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16613 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16613 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
Before
- 2.97 km NNE of New Harmony, Utah · 16672 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.38 km NNE of New Harmony, Utah · 16673 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16675 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.28 km W of Kanarraville, Utah · 16676 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.917 km WNW of Paragonah, Utah · 16686 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16687 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.66 km S of Kanarraville, Utah · 16687 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.65 km E of Kanarraville, Utah · 16688 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.29 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16688 days ago · -2 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.19 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16689 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.910 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16689 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.54 km E of Kanarraville, Utah · 16690 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7Utah · 16690 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.86 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16691 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16691 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.29 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.36 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.611 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 16692 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
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