M1.6 earthquake 18 km ENE of Snowville, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km ENE of Snowville, Utah on Mon, Nov 16, 1981, 12:57 AM MST (07:57 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 19 km ENE of Snowville, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-11-16 07:57:54 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.055° N, 112.521° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 146°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.819 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 16376 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.514 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 16374 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.521 km WSW of Malad City, Idaho · 16358 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.652 km SSW of Howell, Utah · 16353 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.737 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 16342 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.214 km NW of Howell, Utah · 16339 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.613 km NW of Howell, Utah · 16338 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.514 km ESE of Snowville, Utah · 16338 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.913 km NW of Howell, Utah · 16326 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003065. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC.