M2.4 earthquake 10 km SW of Antimony, Utah
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 10 km SW of Antimony, Utah on Wed, Mar 27, 1985, 4:38 AM MST (11:38 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 12 km NW of Glendale, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-27 11:38:45 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.045° N, 112.081° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 19.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 170°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.915 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 15145 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 15139 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.512 km NW of Glendale, Utah · 15139 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.019 km SSE of Brian Head, Utah · 15139 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 3.112 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 15155 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.18 km SW of Marysvale, Utah · 15169 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Antimony, Utah · 15174 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.514 km WSW of Antimony, Utah · 15174 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9Utah · 15181 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.530 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15182 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50020720. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.