Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 1 km NNE of Goshen, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 1 km NNE of Goshen, Utah on Tue, May 18, 1982, 6:06 AM MDT (12:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-05-18 12:06:04 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.962° N, 111.896° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.92 km NNW of Goshen, Utah · 16198 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.513 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 16197 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.1Utah · 16195 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.311 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16191 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.619 km SE of Manti, Utah · 16190 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.9Utah · 16175 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 1.615 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 16174 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.111 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16170 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.910 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16168 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.89 km SSE of Levan, Utah · 16167 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.917 km N of Scipio, Utah · 16167 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.212 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16166 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.86 km NNW of Helper, Utah · 16162 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.119 km ESE of Sterling, Utah · 16162 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.6Utah · 16159 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.714 km NNE of Fayette, Utah · 16159 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.515 km NNE of Fayette, Utah · 16159 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.99 km SSW of Wallsburg, Utah · 16158 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 1.813 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 16205 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.618 km SE of Manti, Utah · 16211 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.80 km SSE of Park City, Utah · 16211 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.818 km N of Fayette, Utah · 16212 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004505. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:16 PM UTC.