M1.8 earthquake 13 km SW of Beaver, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 13 km SW of Beaver, Utah on Wed, Nov 16, 1983, 4:45 PM MST (23:45 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 29 km SSW of Kanosh, 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
- 1983-11-16 23:45:25 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.206° N, 112.759° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 28.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.67 km W of Sigurd, Utah · 15638 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.729 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15635 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.419 km S of Kanosh, Utah · 15635 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.229 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15634 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.79 km E of Minersville, Utah · 15608 days ago · -3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.727 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15605 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.62 km W of Enoch, Utah · 15604 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.24 km NW of Junction, Utah · 15602 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50011450. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC.