M1.5 earthquake 4 km ESE of Howell, Utah
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Howell, Utah on Tue, Apr 19, 1983, 2:26 AM MST (09:26 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 11 km E of North Logan, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-04-19 09:26:49 UTC
- Depth
- 0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.778° N, 112.400° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 14
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.911 km E of North Logan, Utah · 15858 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.213 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 15851 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.614 km NW of Paris, Idaho · 15822 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 1.53 km WNW of Trenton, Utah · 15868 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.66 km W of Oxford, Idaho · 15881 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.26 km W of Oxford, Idaho · 15881 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.37 km W of Oxford, Idaho · 15881 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.76 km W of Oxford, Idaho · 15881 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50009230. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC.