M1.6 earthquake 15 km NNW of New Harmony, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of New Harmony, Utah on Fri, May 14, 1982, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 13 km W of Beryl Junction, 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
- 1982-05-14 21:30:07 UTC
- Depth
- 0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.612° N, 113.347° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 3.8 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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.213 km W of Beryl Junction, Utah · 16199 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.016 km N of New Harmony, Utah · 16188 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 16186 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Minersville, Utah · 16181 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.97 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 16181 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.04 km NE of New Harmony, Utah · 16173 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.94 km NE of New Harmony, Utah · 16172 days ago · -2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16172 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.94 km NE of New Harmony, Utah · 16172 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.817 km W of Cedar City, Utah · 16163 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.92 km NE of Enterprise, Utah · 16155 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.82 km NNW of Enterprise, Utah · 16155 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 1.914 km N of New Harmony, Utah · 16203 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.022 km W of Enterprise, Utah · 16204 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.54 km E of Cane Beds, Arizona · 16216 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.116 km NW of Kanarraville, Utah · 16219 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.016 km E of Newcastle, Utah · 16225 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.015 km ENE of Newcastle, Utah · 16230 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004440. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.