M2.0 earthquake 12 km NW of Richfield, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 12 km NW of Richfield, Utah on Thu, Jan 20, 1983, 6:13 AM MST (13:13 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 16 km WNW of Emery, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-01-20 13:13:29 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.864° N, 112.177° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.55 km WSW of Fountain Green, Utah · 15956 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.722 km ESE of Ephraim, Utah · 15950 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15949 days ago · -2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Leamington, Utah · 15946 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.723 km SE of Ephraim, Utah · 15943 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.016 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 15942 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Redmond, Utah · 15925 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of Fremont, Utah · 15910 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.714 km SSW of Antimony, Utah · 15904 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50008290. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:59 AM UTC.