M1.8 earthquake 3 km NNW of Circleville, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 3 km NNW of Circleville, Utah on Sat, Feb 13, 1982, 2:08 PM MST (21:08 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 20 km NW of Enoch, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-13 21:08:53 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.198° N, 112.291° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.020 km NW of Enoch, Utah · 16275 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Glendale, Utah · 16273 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 16269 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Redmond, Utah · 16258 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.80.9 km W of Marysvale, UT · 16248 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.53 km N of Beaver, Utah · 16232 days ago · -1 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003795. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC.