Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Utah on Wed, Nov 28, 1984, 10:16 PM MST (05:16 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 18 km ENE of Snowville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-11-29 05:16:38 UTC
Depth
1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.906° N, 112.541° 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, 11.7 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
129°
Stations used
15

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.818 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 15255 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 1.619 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 15255 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.917 km N of Howell, Utah · 15253 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.118 km ENE of Snowville, Utah · 15251 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.912 km ESE of Providence, Utah · 15248 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.08 km NE of Huntsville, Utah · 15241 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.63 km WNW of Deweyville, Utah · 15235 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 1.616 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 15216 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.614 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 15216 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.613 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 15215 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.316 km N of Howell, Utah · 15215 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.712 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 15214 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 3.012 km NW of Howell, Utah · 15213 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.514 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 15213 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away

Before

  1. 1.512 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 15279 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.84 km SW of Wellsville, Utah · 15292 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 1.64 km NE of Howell, Utah · 15302 days ago · -3 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50017550. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC.