Utah earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 14 km N of New Harmony, Utah

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14 km N of New Harmony, Utah on Thu, May 13, 1982, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 11 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-05-13 21:39:16 UTC
Depth
-0.4 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.608° N, 113.338° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
127°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.615 km NNW of New Harmony, Utah · 16204 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.213 km W of Beryl Junction, Utah · 16201 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.016 km N of New Harmony, Utah · 16190 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.97 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 16188 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.75 km ESE of Minersville, Utah · 16183 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.97 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16183 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.04 km NE of New Harmony, Utah · 16174 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 1.94 km NE of New Harmony, Utah · 16174 days ago · -2 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.211 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16174 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.94 km NE of New Harmony, Utah · 16174 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.817 km W of Cedar City, Utah · 16165 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 1.92 km NE of Enterprise, Utah · 16157 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.82 km NNW of Enterprise, Utah · 16157 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away

Before

  1. 2.022 km W of Enterprise, Utah · 16206 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.54 km E of Cane Beds, Arizona · 16218 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.116 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16221 days ago · -3 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.016 km E of Newcastle, Utah · 16227 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.015 km ENE of Newcastle, Utah · 16232 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 1.53 km N of Beaver, Utah · 16234 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004430. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC.