M2.2 earthquake 14 km SSW of Beaver, Utah
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 14 km SSW of Beaver, Utah on Thu, Jul 10, 1986, 5:56 AM MDT (11:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km SE of Beaver, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-10 11:56:45 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.156° N, 112.701° 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, 1.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 11
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.29 km S of Beaver, Utah · 14689 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.84 km NNW of Joseph, Utah · 14678 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 14677 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Joseph, Utah · 14677 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.15 km NW of Joseph, Utah · 14677 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.89 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 14671 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 14671 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.48 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 14671 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.714 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 14665 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.110 km NW of Enoch, Utah · 14659 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.410 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 14648 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50029505. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:22 AM UTC.