M2.3 earthquake 26 km WSW of Emery, Utah
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 26 km WSW of Emery, Utah on Mon, Nov 11, 1985, 12:50 AM MST (07:50 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 31 km NNE of Fremont, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-11 07:50:08 UTC
- Depth
- 8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.823° N, 111.520° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 163°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.919 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14929 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.920 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14929 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Emery, Utah · 14925 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.218 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 14923 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.38 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 14916 days ago · -3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.93 km WNW of Manti, Utah · 14892 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.631 km NNE of Fremont, Utah · 14891 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Levan, Utah · 14890 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.16 km NW of Hiawatha, Utah · 14883 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.513 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 14880 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50026965. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC.