M1.8 earthquake 5 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah on Sat, Mar 14, 1981, 1:58 AM MST (08:58 UTC), 6 km (4 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
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-03-14 08:58:13 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.775° N, 112.408° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 16.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.96 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16639 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.25 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16638 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.14 km E of Panguitch, Utah · 16638 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16638 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.211 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16637 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16637 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16637 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16635 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16635 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.511 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16634 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16624 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.29 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16617 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.310 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16617 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.310 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16617 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16616 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.79 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16615 days ago · -3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16614 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16613 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.17 km W of Kanarraville, Utah · 16611 days ago · -3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16611 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16611 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.613 km W of Circleville, Utah · 16611 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.58 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16611 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.717 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 16609 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16609 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.37 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16609 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.77 km W of Kanarraville, Utah · 16609 days ago · -3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16607 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.116 km NNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16607 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16603 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.79 km N of New Harmony, Utah · 16599 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.78 km NNE of New Harmony, Utah · 16599 days ago · -3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16599 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.89 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16599 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16599 days ago · -3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.213 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16588 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16588 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.717 km WSW of Marysvale, Utah · 16580 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 1.711 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16639 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.15 km SE of Panguitch, Utah · 16641 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.310 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16651 days ago · -2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.310 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16653 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.38 km SSE of Alton, Utah · 16663 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
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