M1.7 earthquake 19 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 19 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah on Fri, Feb 22, 1985, 10:09 PM MST (05:09 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km NNE of Sunnyside, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-02-23 05:09:36 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.484° N, 111.246° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 16.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
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 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.62 km ESE of Redmond, Utah · 15190 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 15190 days ago · -3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.312 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 15185 days ago · -2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.27 km N of Helper, Utah · 15179 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Helper, Utah · 15172 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 15171 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.88 km NNE of Sunnyside, Utah · 15154 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Levan, Utah · 15149 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Helper, Utah · 15149 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 15146 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.78 km NW of East Carbon City, Utah · 15140 days ago · -3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.38 km NNE of Sunnyside, Utah · 15137 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 1.615 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 15195 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.66 km E of Leamington, Utah · 15198 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.06 km NW of Hiawatha, Utah · 15206 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.07 km ENE of Sigurd, Utah · 15206 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.07 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15206 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.65 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15206 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Sigurd, Utah · 15206 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.87 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15206 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.66 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15206 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 15207 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.412 km W of Mona, Utah · 15212 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 15216 days ago · -3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.928 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah · 15223 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50019355. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:03 PM UTC.