Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 5 km ENE of Leamington, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Leamington, Utah on Thu, Aug 22, 1985, 11:48 AM MDT (17:48 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 13 km NW of Orangeville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-08-22 17:48:30 UTC
Depth
2.2 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.549° N, 112.225° 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, 14.1 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
105°
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.517 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 15010 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.56 km W of Sigurd, Utah · 14993 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.91 km ESE of Gunnison, Utah · 14991 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.912 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14981 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.313 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 14978 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.62 km ENE of Genola, Utah · 14978 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.02 km ENE of Gunnison, Utah · 14974 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.117 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14972 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.915 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14966 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.82 km S of West Mountain, Utah · 14959 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.117 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah · 14958 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 1.619 km WSW of Nephi, Utah · 15015 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 1.63 km S of American Fork, Utah · 15019 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50023345. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC.