Utah earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 3 km W of Hiawatha, Utah

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 3 km W of Hiawatha, Utah on Fri, Feb 5, 1982, 10:41 PM MST (05:41 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 11 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-02-06 05:41:39 UTC
Depth
-2.2 km (-1.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.488° N, 111.056° 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, 2.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
138°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.311 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 16294 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.210 km W of Fayette, Utah · 16290 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.64 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16288 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.612 km E of Mapleton, Utah · 16277 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.29 km NW of Helper, Utah · 16272 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 1.611 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16269 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.16 km WNW of East Carbon City, Utah · 16269 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.815 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16264 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.520 km E of Kenilworth, Utah · 16261 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.94 km ENE of Redmond, Utah · 16258 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.715 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16254 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.24 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16251 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.04 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16247 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.612 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16246 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.9Utah · 16242 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 2.011 km ESE of Leamington, Utah · 16307 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.911 km ESE of Leamington, Utah · 16307 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.912 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16308 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003745. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.