Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 13 km NW of Levan, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km NW of Levan, Utah on Mon, Sep 12, 1983, 5:26 AM MDT (11:26 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 12 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-09-12 11:26:05 UTC
Depth
3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.638° N, 111.974° 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, 11.5 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
121°
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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.312 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15714 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.914 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15706 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 2.011 km SW of Independence, Utah · 15706 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.013 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15704 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.512 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15699 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.311 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15698 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.77 km E of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 15697 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 2.412 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15695 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.211 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15695 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 2.712 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15683 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.59 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15682 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.38 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15678 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 2.411 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15677 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.310 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15677 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.27 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15676 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.411 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15675 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.0Utah · 15672 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.314 km N of Fayette, Utah · 15671 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.85 km SE of Aurora, Utah · 15665 days ago · -3 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.28 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15664 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.39 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15662 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 1.88 km NNW of Levan, Utah · 15716 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.714 km SW of Levan, Utah · 15725 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 1.67 km S of Levan, Utah · 15727 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 1.512 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15727 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.110 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 15729 days ago · -2 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.911 km N of Fayette, Utah · 15729 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 1.611 km SW of Levan, Utah · 15729 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 1.79 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 15730 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.49 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 15730 days ago · -2 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 2.412 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15732 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.214 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15738 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.111 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15738 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.213 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15739 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.59 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15743 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.121 km SE of Manti, Utah · 15745 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50010845. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:36 AM UTC.