M2.5 earthquake 2 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona on Thu, Jan 7, 1982, 9:21 AM MST (16:21 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 10 km NNW of Beaver Dam, Arizona. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-07 16:21:45 UTC
- Depth
- 13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.969° N, 112.880° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.912 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona · 16329 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.77 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 16314 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.510 km NNW of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 16294 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.57 km N of Glendale, Utah · 16293 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Alton, Utah · 16293 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.813 km NNW of New Harmony, Utah · 16284 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Glendale, Utah · 16272 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003570 (also filed as usp0001hxg). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.