M2.0 earthquake 11 km ESE of Leamington, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 11 km ESE of Leamington, Utah on Fri, Jan 29, 1982, 5:29 AM MST (12:29 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 3 km W of Hiawatha, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-29 12:29:13 UTC
- Depth
- 9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.490° N, 112.163° 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, 1.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 16
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.13 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16299 days ago · -2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.210 km W of Fayette, Utah · 16290 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16288 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.612 km E of Mapleton, Utah · 16277 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.611 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16269 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.815 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16264 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Redmond, Utah · 16258 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16254 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16250 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003705. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.