Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 13 km NNW of Howell, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km NNW of Howell, Utah on Thu, Sep 26, 1985, 2:44 AM MDT (08:44 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 13 km ESE of Snowville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-09-26 08:44:42 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.904° N, 112.529° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.813 km ESE of Snowville, Utah · 14970 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.612 km E of Snowville, Utah · 14969 days ago · -2 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.813 km ESE of Snowville, Utah · 14969 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.113 km E of Snowville, Utah · 14968 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 1.713 km E of Snowville, Utah · 14967 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.53 km WSW of Wellsville, Utah · 14964 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.826 km SSW of Snowville, Utah · 14964 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 1.914 km E of Snowville, Utah · 14962 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.716 km SE of Avon, Utah · 14946 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.126 km SSW of Snowville, Utah · 14946 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.125 km SSW of Snowville, Utah · 14943 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.726 km SSW of Snowville, Utah · 14942 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 2.313 km ESE of Snowville, Utah · 14972 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.08 km SW of Thatcher, Utah · 14973 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.78 km W of Thatcher, Utah · 14973 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.77 km WSW of Thatcher, Utah · 14975 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.715 km S of Snowville, Utah · 14989 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.818 km E of Snowville, Utah · 14991 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.812 km SSW of Malad City, Idaho · 14991 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.412 km NNW of Paris, Idaho · 14995 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.712 km S of Snowville, Utah · 15001 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50024295. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC.