M1.8 earthquake 2 km SE of Kenilworth, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Kenilworth, Utah on Thu, Apr 8, 1982, 2:55 PM MST (21:55 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 7 km ENE of Kenilworth, 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
- 1982-04-08 21:55:18 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.673° N, 110.780° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.826 km ESE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 16236 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.818 km N of Fayette, Utah · 16212 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Manti, Utah · 16210 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.97 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 16198 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.1Utah · 16194 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.311 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16190 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.619 km SE of Manti, Utah · 16190 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 2.55 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 16238 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16238 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.314 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16239 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.913 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16239 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 16239 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.9Utah · 16242 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.04 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16246 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16250 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.520 km E of Kenilworth, Utah · 16261 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004170. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.