M2.2 earthquake 14 km SSE of Beaver, Utah
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Beaver, Utah on Mon, Jan 18, 1982, 3:54 AM MST (10:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 7 km N of Glendale, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-18 10:54:29 UTC
- Depth
- 9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.157° N, 112.570° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 16314 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.57 km N of Glendale, Utah · 16293 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Alton, Utah · 16293 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.83 km NNW of Circleville, Utah · 16292 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.813 km NNW of New Harmony, Utah · 16285 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.020 km NW of Enoch, Utah · 16275 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Glendale, Utah · 16273 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 16269 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 2.16 km S of Circleville, Utah · 16322 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.75 km S of Circleville, Utah · 16326 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 16334 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.011 km E of Beaver, Utah · 16337 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 16342 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003615. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:51 PM UTC.