M1.8 earthquake Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in Utah on Sun, May 16, 1982, 8:08 AM MDT (14:08 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 45 km SW of Howell, 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
- 1982-05-16 14:08:05 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.830° N, 112.705° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.712 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 16177 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Malad City, Idaho · 16167 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.645 km SW of Howell, Utah · 16167 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004460. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC.