M2.6 earthquake Utah
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck in Utah on Fri, Aug 5, 1983, 9:13 PM MDT (03:13 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-08-06 03:13:38 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.338° N, 111.114° 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
- 113°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.121 km SE of Manti, Utah · 15747 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.59 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15745 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.213 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15741 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.111 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15739 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.214 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15739 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.412 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15734 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.49 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 15732 days ago · -2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 15732 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Levan, Utah · 15731 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.911 km N of Fayette, Utah · 15731 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.110 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 15730 days ago · -2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.512 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15729 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.67 km S of Levan, Utah · 15728 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.714 km SW of Levan, Utah · 15726 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.1Utah · 15721 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Levan, Utah · 15718 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.613 km NW of Levan, Utah · 15718 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.312 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15715 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15707 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15706 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.512 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15701 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.311 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15699 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.77 km E of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 15699 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.412 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15697 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15697 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
Before
- 2.611 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15762 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.111 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15762 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.06 km S of Levan, Utah · 15772 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Spring City, Utah · 15780 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Wales, Utah · 15783 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Wales, Utah · 15783 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50010455. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC.