Utah earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 3 km NNE of Joseph, Utah

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 3 km NNE of Joseph, Utah on Wed, Feb 13, 1985, 8:38 PM MST (03:38 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 14 km WSW of Antimony, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-02-14 03:38:10 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.653° N, 112.199° 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, 5.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
10

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.510 km SSW of Marysvale, Utah · 15191 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.66 km E of Leamington, Utah · 15190 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.530 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15182 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.62 km ESE of Redmond, Utah · 15182 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.9Utah · 15181 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.514 km WSW of Antimony, Utah · 15174 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.513 km WSW of Antimony, Utah · 15174 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.18 km SW of Marysvale, Utah · 15169 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.57 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 15163 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 3.112 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 15155 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 2.410 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 15154 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.525 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 15137 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 2.07 km ENE of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.07 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.65 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.86 km ENE of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.87 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.66 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.79 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 15207 days ago · -3 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.722 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15219 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50019235. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.