M1.5 earthquake 15 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah on Fri, Nov 5, 1982, 4:07 PM MST (23:07 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 21 km ESE of Glenwood, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-11-05 23:07:59 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (7.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.675° N, 112.515° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 9
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.721 km ESE of Glenwood, Utah · 16025 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.821 km ESE of Glenwood, Utah · 16025 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.115 km N of Fayette, Utah · 16016 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.7Utah · 16015 days ago · -3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 16007 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.83 km ESE of Redmond, Utah · 15981 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.72 km E of Redmond, Utah · 15981 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.45 km SSE of Joseph, Utah · 15981 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 15974 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 2.39 km NNE of Marysvale, Utah · 16029 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.17 km NW of Marysvale, Utah · 16037 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Marysvale, Utah · 16037 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.36 km NW of Marysvale, Utah · 16039 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Marysvale, Utah · 16039 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.47 km NW of Marysvale, Utah · 16039 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.99 km NW of Marysvale, Utah · 16039 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50007340. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC.