M2.1 earthquake 17 km NNW of Sunnyside, Utah
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 17 km NNW of Sunnyside, Utah on Tue, Aug 24, 1982, 11:27 PM MDT (05:27 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 20 km NW of East Carbon City, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-25 05:27:42 UTC
- Depth
- 16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.708° N, 110.433° 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 12.7 km horizontally, 15.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 227°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.86 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16090 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.520 km NW of East Carbon City, Utah · 16084 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16073 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.312 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16073 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.911 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16071 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.00 km S of Hiawatha, Utah · 16066 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.79 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16066 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.33 km NW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16065 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.64 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16061 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.33 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16051 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16049 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16048 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.34 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 16048 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.412 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 16048 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16043 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16043 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.612 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16042 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah · 16042 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 16041 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Helper, Utah · 16040 days ago · -2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.212 km W of Huntington, Utah · 16040 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 2.315 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 16104 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.353 km SSW of Bonanza, Utah · 16106 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.17 km NW of Helper, Utah · 16111 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.414 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 16119 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.118 km E of Kenilworth, Utah · 16119 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Helper, Utah · 16128 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50005495. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC.