Utah earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake Utah

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Utah on Wed, Dec 19, 1984, 9:04 AM MST (16:04 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 6 km NW of Hiawatha, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-12-19 16:04:17 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.407° N, 110.938° 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 6.8 km horizontally, 34.0 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
146°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.522 km ESE of Manti, Utah · 15246 days ago · 29 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.026 km SE of Mapleton, Utah · 15230 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.928 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah · 15219 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.79 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 15212 days ago · -3 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.911 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15204 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.06 km NW of Hiawatha, Utah · 15203 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 1.59 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 15267 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.510 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 15268 days ago · -3 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.8Utah · 15269 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 1.56 km SW of Levan, Utah · 15273 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.66 km SW of Levan, Utah · 15274 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.58 km SW of Levan, Utah · 15274 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.22 km SSW of Clear Creek, Utah · 15276 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.610 km W of Clear Creek, Utah · 15276 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.011 km W of Huntington, Utah · 15278 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.66 km W of Redmond, Utah · 15283 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50018035. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:04 PM UTC.