Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 11 km S of Levan, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 11 km S of Levan, Utah on Wed, May 30, 1984, 5:07 PM MDT (23:07 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 5 km ESE of Aurora, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-05-30 23:07:08 UTC
Depth
-3.4 km (-2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.456° N, 111.862° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
111°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.75 km ESE of Aurora, Utah · 15453 days ago · -3 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.311 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 15453 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.53 km S of Genola, Utah · 15452 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.59 km NW of Helper, Utah · 15446 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.19 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15428 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.712 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 15427 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 1.613 km SE of Mapleton, Utah · 15404 days ago · -3 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.69 km N of Scipio, Utah · 15398 days ago · -3 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 1.524 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 15455 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.532 km SE of Salina, Utah · 15455 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.628 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 15455 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.312 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15456 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.412 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15456 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.627 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 15456 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.125 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 15457 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.011 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15457 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.812 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 15464 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.66 km S of Salina, Utah · 15474 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.120 km SE of Manti, Utah · 15476 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.627 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 15476 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.527 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 15480 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.45 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 15482 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50014605. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC.