M1.7 earthquake 11 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah on Sat, Nov 21, 1981, 12:28 AM MST (07:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 38 km W of Green River, 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
- 1981-11-21 07:28:39 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.322° N, 111.106° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.038 km W of Green River, Utah · 16375 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.05 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16357 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 16354 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16349 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 1.614 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16380 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.011 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16381 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.612 km S of Sunnyside, Utah · 16384 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.73 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16384 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.711 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16388 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16388 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.915 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 16389 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.45 km N of Helper, Utah · 16392 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.33 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16396 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.78 km N of Fayette, Utah · 16398 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 16398 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.58 km N of Fayette, Utah · 16398 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.3Utah · 16400 days ago · -3 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003100. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC.