M2.6 earthquake 31 km NNE of Fremont, Utah
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 31 km NNE of Fremont, Utah on Mon, Dec 23, 1985, 8:11 PM MST (03:11 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 3 km N of Joseph, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-12-24 03:11:25 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.738° N, 111.535° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 12
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.83 km SE of Levan, Utah · 14882 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.16 km NW of Hiawatha, Utah · 14875 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.513 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 14872 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.711 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14855 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Elsinore, Utah · 14841 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.83 km N of Joseph, Utah · 14836 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.215 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 14836 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.128 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14835 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.415 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 14833 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.017 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14832 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50027865. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.