M2.3 earthquake 14 km NW of Orangeville, Utah
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Orangeville, Utah on Wed, Apr 7, 1982, 10:13 AM MST (17:13 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 5 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-04-07 17:13:50 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.330° N, 111.154° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 14
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 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.512 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16238 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 16238 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.82 km SE of Kenilworth, Utah · 16237 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.826 km ESE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 16236 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2Utah · 16235 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16231 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.818 km N of Fayette, Utah · 16212 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.618 km SE of Manti, Utah · 16210 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.813 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 16204 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.97 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 16198 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.51 km NNE of Goshen, Utah · 16198 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.92 km NNW of Goshen, Utah · 16198 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 16197 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.1Utah · 16194 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.14 km WSW of Glenwood, Utah · 16191 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.311 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16190 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.619 km SE of Manti, Utah · 16190 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 1.913 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16239 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.918 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 16239 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.9Utah · 16242 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16246 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.04 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16246 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16250 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16253 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Redmond, Utah · 16257 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.520 km E of Kenilworth, Utah · 16261 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.815 km SW of Levan, Utah · 16264 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.16 km WNW of East Carbon City, Utah · 16268 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004150. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.