M1.5 earthquake 30 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 30 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah on Tue, Feb 26, 1985, 10:47 PM MST (05:47 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 12 km SW of Antimony, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-02-27 05:47:21 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.553° N, 112.574° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 27.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.62 km ESE of Redmond, Utah · 15193 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.9Utah · 15193 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.514 km WSW of Antimony, Utah · 15186 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Antimony, Utah · 15186 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.18 km SW of Marysvale, Utah · 15181 days ago · -1 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.112 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 15167 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.410 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 15166 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 15157 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 15149 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 1.510 km SSW of Marysvale, Utah · 15203 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.03 km NNE of Joseph, Utah · 15207 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.07 km ENE of Sigurd, Utah · 15210 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.07 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15210 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.65 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15210 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Sigurd, Utah · 15210 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.87 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15210 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.66 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15210 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 15219 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50019410. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.