M1.7 earthquake 16 km SW of Levan, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Levan, Utah on Thu, Apr 15, 1982, 12:06 PM MST (19:06 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 14 km WNW of Kanosh, 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
- 1982-04-15 19:06:14 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.460° N, 112.005° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.114 km WNW of Kanosh, Utah · 16231 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.818 km N of Fayette, Utah · 16212 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Manti, Utah · 16211 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.813 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 16205 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 16199 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 · 12 km away
- 2.1Utah · 16195 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.84 km NNE of Annabella, Utah · 16193 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.14 km WSW of Glenwood, Utah · 16192 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.311 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16191 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.619 km SE of Manti, Utah · 16191 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Annabella, Utah · 16187 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Annabella, Utah · 16177 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.9Utah · 16176 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.615 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 16174 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 2.2Utah · 16236 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.826 km ESE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 16237 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.512 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16239 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.314 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16239 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.913 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16239 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 16240 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9Utah · 16243 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16246 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.04 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16247 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16251 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16254 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Redmond, Utah · 16258 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004220. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:18 AM UTC.