M1.7 earthquake 15 km SW of Levan, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 15 km SW of Levan, Utah on Tue, Mar 23, 1982, 3:49 PM MST (22:49 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 4 km WNW 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
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-03-23 22:49:02 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.459° N, 111.995° 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, 4.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.24 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16252 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.04 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16248 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16247 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.9Utah · 16243 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 16240 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.913 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16240 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.314 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16240 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16240 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.826 km ESE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 16238 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2Utah · 16237 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16232 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.114 km WNW of Kanosh, Utah · 16232 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.818 km N of Fayette, Utah · 16213 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Manti, Utah · 16212 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.813 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 16206 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 16200 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.51 km NNE of Goshen, Utah · 16199 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.92 km NNW of Goshen, Utah · 16199 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 16198 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.1Utah · 16196 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 1.94 km ENE of Redmond, Utah · 16259 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.815 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16265 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.611 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16270 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.29 km NW of Helper, Utah · 16273 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.612 km E of Mapleton, Utah · 16278 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004025. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:53 PM UTC.