Utah earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 9 km NW of Fayette, Utah

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Fayette, Utah on Fri, Feb 1, 1985, 9:51 PM MST (04:51 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 12 km W of Mona, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-02-02 04:51:10 UTC
Depth
-2.9 km (-1.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.291° N, 111.927° 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, 4.4 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
76°
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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.412 km W of Mona, Utah · 15203 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.911 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15199 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.66 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.87 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.86 km ENE of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.65 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 2.07 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.07 km ENE of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.06 km NW of Hiawatha, Utah · 15198 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.03 km NNE of Joseph, Utah · 15195 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.66 km E of Leamington, Utah · 15190 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.615 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 15186 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.719 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 15186 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.530 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15182 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 1.62 km ESE of Redmond, Utah · 15182 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.112 km NW of Helper, Utah · 15163 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.57 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 15163 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away

Before

  1. 1.928 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah · 15214 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.722 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15219 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.026 km SE of Mapleton, Utah · 15225 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50018945. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC.