Utah earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 14 km S of Independence, Utah

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 14 km S of Independence, Utah on Tue, Nov 12, 1985, 8:00 AM MST (15:00 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km N of Sunnyside, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-11-12 15:00:33 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.178° N, 111.235° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
154°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.77 km N of Sunnyside, Utah · 14912 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.521 km E of Kenilworth, Utah · 14909 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.51 km SSW of Scofield, Utah · 14903 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.613 km W of Nephi, Utah · 14903 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.115 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 14894 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.54 km N of Kenilworth, Utah · 14889 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 1.6Utah · 14888 days ago · -2 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.48 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 14887 days ago · -3 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.30 km NNE of Kenilworth, Utah · 14887 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 1.83 km SE of Levan, Utah · 14882 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.517 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 14878 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.16 km NW of Hiawatha, Utah · 14875 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.614 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 14865 days ago · -3 km deep · 72 km away

Before

  1. 3.011 km NW of Lake Shore, Utah · 14932 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.58 km NNE of Sunnyside, Utah · 14941 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.410 km NNW of East Carbon City, Utah · 14950 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.117 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah · 14951 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 1.82 km S of West Mountain, Utah · 14952 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.0Utah · 14952 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50027015 (also filed as usp0002mq1). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC.