Utah earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 10 km ESE of Parowan, Utah

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Parowan, Utah on Wed, Jul 29, 1981, 12:58 AM MDT (06:58 UTC), 6 km (4 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
2.2 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-07-29 06:58:06 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.794° N, 112.723° 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, 7.4 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
217°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.118 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16487 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 3.119 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16487 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16487 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.922 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 16486 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.717 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 16486 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.515 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 16484 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 1.614 km ESE of Minersville, Utah · 16484 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.216 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16484 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16483 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.511 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 16482 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.214 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16482 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.519 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16482 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.19 km SW of Hatch, Utah · 16481 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.1Utah · 16480 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.64 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 16467 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 2.06 km N of Summit, Utah · 16467 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.96 km NNW of Summit, Utah · 16467 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 3.04 km N of Summit, Utah · 16466 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 1.84 km N of Summit, Utah · 16466 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.924 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 16463 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 1.718 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 16499 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.532 km NE of Milford, Utah · 16518 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.54 km NNW of Toquerville, Utah · 16521 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.77 km WNW of Circleville, Utah · 16523 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50002030. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:03 AM UTC.