Utah earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake Utah

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Utah on Tue, Oct 25, 1983, 8:19 PM MDT (02:19 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 14 km N of Fayette, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-10-26 02:19:14 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.242° N, 111.948° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
109°
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: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.314 km N of Fayette, Utah · 15672 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.85 km SE of Aurora, Utah · 15666 days ago · -3 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 2.28 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15665 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 2.39 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15663 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.67 km W of Sigurd, Utah · 15632 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 3.729 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15629 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.419 km S of Kanosh, Utah · 15629 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.310 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 15629 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.1Utah · 15628 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.229 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15627 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.010 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15623 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.813 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15622 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 2.411 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15676 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.27 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15677 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.310 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15678 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.411 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15678 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.38 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15679 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.59 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15683 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.712 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15684 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.211 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15696 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.412 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15696 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.77 km E of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 15698 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.311 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15699 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.512 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15700 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50011295. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:11 AM UTC.