Utah earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 18 km N of Paragonah, Utah

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 18 km N of Paragonah, Utah on Sat, Aug 8, 1981, 12:12 AM MDT (06:12 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 19 km N of Paragonah, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-08-08 06:12:48 UTC
Depth
9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.055° N, 112.802° 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, 1.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.119 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.922 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 16480 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.717 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 16480 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.515 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 16478 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 1.614 km ESE of Minersville, Utah · 16478 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.216 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16478 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16477 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.511 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 16477 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.214 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16477 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.519 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16476 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.62 km WSW of Monroe, Utah · 16476 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.19 km SW of Hatch, Utah · 16476 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.1Utah · 16474 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.64 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 16462 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.06 km N of Summit, Utah · 16461 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.96 km NNW of Summit, Utah · 16461 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 3.04 km N of Summit, Utah · 16460 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 1.84 km N of Summit, Utah · 16460 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.924 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16457 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 1.510 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 16437 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.810 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16428 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 2.69 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 16428 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.7Utah · 16426 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  25. 2.05 km W of Enoch, Utah · 16423 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 2.210 km ESE of Parowan, Utah · 16491 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.718 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 16493 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.51 km NNE of Elsinore, Utah · 16503 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.11 km SSW of Richfield, Utah · 16503 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50002160. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.