Utah earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 18 km N of Paragonah, Utah

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 18 km N of Paragonah, Utah on Tue, Aug 11, 1981, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 14 km SSE of Minersville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-08-11 20:32:44 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.053° N, 112.808° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 9.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.511 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 16477 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.214 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16477 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.519 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16476 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.62 km WSW of Monroe, Utah · 16476 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.19 km SW of Hatch, Utah · 16476 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.1Utah · 16474 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.64 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 16462 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.06 km N of Summit, Utah · 16461 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.96 km NNW of Summit, Utah · 16461 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 3.04 km N of Summit, Utah · 16460 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.84 km N of Summit, Utah · 16460 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.924 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16457 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.510 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 16437 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.810 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16428 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.69 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 16428 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.7Utah · 16426 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.05 km W of Enoch, Utah · 16423 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away

Before

  1. 2.216 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16478 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.614 km ESE of Minersville, Utah · 16478 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 1.515 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 16478 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 1.717 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 16480 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.922 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 16480 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 3.119 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 12 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 2.118 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16481 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.210 km ESE of Parowan, Utah · 16491 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.718 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 16493 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.51 km NNE of Elsinore, Utah · 16503 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50002225. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.