Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15 km NNW of Summit Park, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of Summit Park, Utah on Mon, Nov 7, 1983, 2:27 PM MST (21:27 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 5 km SW of Bingham Canyon, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-11-07 21:27:08 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.880° N, 111.650° 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, 0.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
77°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.85 km SW of Bingham Canyon, Utah · 15650 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.628 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 15641 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.85 km WSW of Peoa, Utah · 15638 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.926 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 15638 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.627 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 15638 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.825 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 15636 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.728 km SSE of Evanston, Wyoming · 15633 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.05 km SE of Ophir, Utah · 15632 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.810 km NE of Salt Lake City, Utah · 15624 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.64 km NE of Avon, Utah · 15616 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.87 km ENE of Paradise, Utah · 15612 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.56 km ENE of Paradise, Utah · 15612 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.60 km NNW of Paradise, Utah · 15612 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.99 km W of Fairfield, Utah · 15607 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 1.510 km ENE of Eden, Utah · 15668 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.64 km NNE of West Valley City, Utah · 15676 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.64 km E of Heber City, Utah · 15677 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.05 km N of West Valley City, Utah · 15683 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.74 km NNE of West Valley City, Utah · 15687 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50011415. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.