M1.9 earthquake 12 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 12 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona on Thu, Jan 7, 1982, 9:31 AM MST (16:31 UTC), 9 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
- 1.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-07 16:31:20 UTC
- Depth
- 9.4 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.044° N, 112.827° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 16314 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.57 km N of Glendale, Utah · 16293 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Alton, Utah · 16293 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.813 km NNW of New Harmony, Utah · 16285 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Glendale, Utah · 16272 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003575. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.