M1.9 earthquake Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in Utah on Wed, Feb 27, 1985, 11:02 PM MST (06:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 14 km WSW 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
- 1.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-02-28 06:02:22 UTC
- Depth
- 10.2 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.532° N, 112.579° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.514 km WSW of Antimony, Utah · 15174 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Antimony, Utah · 15174 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.18 km SW of Marysvale, Utah · 15169 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.112 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 15155 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.410 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 15154 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 15145 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.525 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 15137 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 1.62 km ESE of Redmond, Utah · 15182 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.530 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 15182 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.510 km SSW of Marysvale, Utah · 15191 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.612 km W of Enoch, Utah · 15192 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.03 km NNE of Joseph, Utah · 15195 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.07 km ENE of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.07 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.65 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.87 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.66 km E of Sigurd, Utah · 15198 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50019450. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:59 AM UTC.