Utah earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 4 km NNW of Toquerville, Utah

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of Toquerville, Utah on Sun, Jul 5, 1981, 3:28 AM MDT (09:28 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

Toquerville forecastMore in Utah

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
1981-07-05 09:28:42 UTC
Depth
3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.294° N, 113.301° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
184°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.210 km ESE of Parowan, Utah · 16501 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.03 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 16501 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.118 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16491 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 3.119 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16491 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16491 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.515 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 16488 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.216 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16488 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.018 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 16488 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.214 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16487 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.519 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16487 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.19 km SW of Hatch, Utah · 16486 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.1Utah · 16484 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.64 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 16472 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.06 km N of Summit, Utah · 16471 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.96 km NNW of Summit, Utah · 16471 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 3.04 km N of Summit, Utah · 16471 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.84 km N of Summit, Utah · 16471 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.512 km SW of Moccasin, Arizona · 16468 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 2.510 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 16533 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.914 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 16549 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away

Earthquakes todayUtah earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50001850. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC.