M1.6 earthquake 15 km E of Snowville, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km E of Snowville, Utah on Sun, Nov 1, 1981, 8:33 PM MST (03:33 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 13 km NW of Howell, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-11-02 03:33:17 UTC
- Depth
- 0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.978° N, 112.522° W
- Region
- Idaho
- 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 1.3 km horizontally, 25.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.618 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 16393 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 16393 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.619 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 16392 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.618 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 16392 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.819 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 16387 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.514 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 16384 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Malad City, Idaho · 16369 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.652 km SSW of Howell, Utah · 16363 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.737 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 16353 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.214 km NW of Howell, Utah · 16350 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.613 km NW of Howell, Utah · 16349 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.514 km ESE of Snowville, Utah · 16348 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50002920. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC.