Utah earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 8 km SE of Scipio, Utah

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Scipio, Utah on Thu, Nov 28, 1985, 7:03 AM MST (14:03 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 31 km NNE of Fremont, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-11-28 14:03:17 UTC
Depth
-3.2 km (-2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.182° N, 112.040° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
18

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.51 km SSW of Scofield, Utah · 14910 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.613 km W of Nephi, Utah · 14910 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.6Utah · 14895 days ago · -2 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.93 km WNW of Manti, Utah · 14891 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.631 km NNE of Fremont, Utah · 14890 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.83 km SE of Levan, Utah · 14889 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.16 km NW of Hiawatha, Utah · 14882 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.513 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 14879 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.66 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 14872 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.711 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14862 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.86 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 14861 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.79 km S of Woodland Hills, Utah · 14860 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.218 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 14922 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.211 km NW of Emery, Utah · 14923 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.920 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14928 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.919 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14928 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.326 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 14932 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50027385. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC.