M2.3 earthquake Utah
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck in Utah on Mon, Sep 27, 1982, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
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
- 1982-09-27 23:33:40 UTC
- Depth
- 3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.308° N, 112.207° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 13
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
- 1.510 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 16056 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.64 km NE of Moroni, Utah · 16028 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Magna, Utah · 16008 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50005780. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.