M1.7 earthquake 7 km WNW of Enoch, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Enoch, Utah on Fri, Jan 22, 1982, 4:37 AM MST (11:37 UTC), 6 km (4 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
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-22 11:37:37 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.799° N, 113.109° 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 3.5 km horizontally, 13.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 281°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.57 km N of Glendale, Utah · 16293 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Alton, Utah · 16293 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.83 km NNW of Circleville, Utah · 16292 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.813 km NNW of New Harmony, Utah · 16285 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.020 km NW of Enoch, Utah · 16275 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.64 km NNW of Glendale, Utah · 16272 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 16269 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.925 km N of Beryl Junction, Utah · 16254 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 2.214 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 16318 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.16 km S of Circleville, Utah · 16322 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.75 km S of Circleville, Utah · 16325 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.912 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona · 16329 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.52 km NNE of Cane Beds, Arizona · 16329 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 16334 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.011 km E of Beaver, Utah · 16337 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003645. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC.