M1.6 earthquake 12 km SW of Levan, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km SW of Levan, Utah on Wed, Mar 31, 1982, 11:54 AM MST (18:54 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-03-31 18:54:30 UTC
- Depth
- 12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.485° N, 111.966° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9Utah · 16244 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 16240 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.913 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16240 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.314 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16240 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16240 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.826 km ESE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 16238 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.2Utah · 16237 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16232 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.114 km WNW of Kanosh, Utah · 16232 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 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 · 15 km away
- 1.51 km NNE of Goshen, Utah · 16200 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.92 km NNW of Goshen, Utah · 16200 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 16198 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.1Utah · 16196 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.84 km NNE of Annabella, Utah · 16194 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.14 km WSW of Glenwood, Utah · 16193 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.311 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16192 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.619 km SE of Manti, Utah · 16192 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Annabella, Utah · 16187 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 2.04 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16248 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16252 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16255 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Redmond, Utah · 16259 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.815 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16265 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.611 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16270 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.29 km NW of Helper, Utah · 16273 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004115. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:27 AM UTC.