M1.6 earthquake 12 km W of Enoch, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km W of Enoch, Utah on Sun, Feb 17, 1985, 7:21 AM MST (14:21 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-02-17 14:21:56 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.775° N, 113.163° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 14.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.9Utah · 15181 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.514 km WSW of Antimony, Utah · 15174 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Antimony, Utah · 15174 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.112 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 15155 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.410 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 15154 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 15145 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 15139 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.512 km NW of Glendale, Utah · 15139 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.019 km SSE of Brian Head, Utah · 15139 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50019285. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.