Utah earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 17 km W of Cedar City, Utah

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km W of Cedar City, Utah on Tue, Jun 22, 1982, 10:38 AM MDT (16:38 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 2 km NE of Enterprise, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-06-22 16:38:53 UTC
Depth
7.8 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.683° N, 113.256° 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 8.5 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
251°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

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 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.92 km NE of Enterprise, Utah · 16155 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.82 km NNW of Enterprise, Utah · 16155 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.76 km W of Circleville, Utah · 16154 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.512 km WSW of Santa Clara, Utah · 16142 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.620 km S of Beaver, Utah · 16137 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.710 km NE of Paragonah, Utah · 16137 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.018 km W of Hatch, Utah · 16137 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.517 km N of Panguitch, Utah · 16134 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 1.94 km NE of New Harmony, Utah · 16172 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.211 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16173 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 1.94 km NE of New Harmony, Utah · 16173 days ago · -2 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.04 km NE of New Harmony, Utah · 16173 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.88 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 16177 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.97 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16181 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.75 km ESE of Minersville, Utah · 16182 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.97 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 16186 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.016 km N of New Harmony, Utah · 16188 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50005040. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.