M1.6 earthquake 20 km ENE of Snowville, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20 km ENE of Snowville, Utah on Sat, Jan 23, 1982, 11:44 PM MST (06:44 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 15 km SW of Georgetown, Idaho. 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
- 1982-01-24 06:44:23 UTC
- Depth
- 2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.047° N, 112.494° W
- Region
- Idaho
- 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 0.9 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 169°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.815 km SW of Georgetown, Idaho · 16309 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.571 km SSW of Snowville, Utah · 16273 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.570 km SSW of Snowville, Utah · 16270 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.09 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 16266 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.97 km WNW of Snowville, Utah · 16258 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 1.913 km NW of Howell, Utah · 16326 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.514 km ESE of Snowville, Utah · 16338 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.613 km NW of Howell, Utah · 16338 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.214 km NW of Howell, Utah · 16339 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.737 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 16342 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50003655. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.