M1.7 earthquake 10 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 10 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah on Sun, Mar 29, 1981, 12:06 AM MST (07:06 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
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-03-29 07:06:57 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.908° N, 112.494° 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, 24.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 172°
- 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: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.29 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16615 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.310 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16615 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.310 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16615 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16615 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.79 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16613 days ago · -3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16612 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16611 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.17 km W of Kanarraville, Utah · 16609 days ago · -3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.29 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16609 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16609 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.613 km W of Circleville, Utah · 16609 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.58 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16609 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.717 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 16607 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16607 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.37 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16607 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.77 km W of Kanarraville, Utah · 16607 days ago · -3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.78 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16605 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.116 km NNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16605 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16602 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.517 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 16597 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.79 km N of New Harmony, Utah · 16597 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.78 km NNE of New Harmony, Utah · 16597 days ago · -3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16597 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.89 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16597 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16597 days ago · -3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.213 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16586 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16586 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.717 km WSW of Marysvale, Utah · 16578 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.55 km W of Koosharem, Utah · 16574 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 1.511 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16632 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16633 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16633 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16635 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16635 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.211 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16635 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16636 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.14 km E of Panguitch, Utah · 16636 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.25 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16636 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.96 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16637 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Panguitch, Utah · 16637 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.711 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16637 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.15 km SE of Panguitch, Utah · 16639 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.310 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16649 days ago · -2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.310 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16651 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
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