M1.8 earthquake 0 km SSE of Park City, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 0 km SSE of Park City, Utah on Wed, May 5, 1982, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 3 km NE of Oakley, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-05-05 21:36:20 UTC
- Depth
- 0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.640° N, 111.494° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 13.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.93 km NE of Oakley, Utah · 16200 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.51 km NNE of Goshen, Utah · 16198 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.92 km NNW of Goshen, Utah · 16198 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Wallsburg, Utah · 16159 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004390. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC.