M1.7 earthquake 5 km S of Circleville, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km S of Circleville, Utah on Sun, Jan 10, 1982, 7:36 PM MST (02:36 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 6 km S of Circleville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-11 02:36:00 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.122° N, 112.275° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 26.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 168°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.16 km S of Circleville, Utah · 16323 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 16319 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.77 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 16315 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.57 km N of Glendale, Utah · 16294 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Alton, Utah · 16293 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.83 km NNW of Circleville, Utah · 16292 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.020 km NW of Enoch, Utah · 16276 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Glendale, Utah · 16273 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 16269 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003590. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:50 AM UTC.