M2.6 earthquake 8 km SE of Beaver, Utah

Magnitude

2.6 (md), micro

Local time

Wed, Jul 30, 1986, 9:35 PM MDT

UTC

1986-07-31 03:35:59 UTC

Depth

9.9 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.231° N, 112.561° W

Region

Utah

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.8 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

147°

Stations used

10

• Beaver, UtahPopulation 3,007. Forecast9 kmSE
• Cedar City, UtahPopulation 30,184. Forecast76 kmNE
• Provo, UtahPopulation 115,162. Forecast236 kmSSW
• Phoenix, ArizonaPopulation 1,650,070. Forecast534 kmN

After

1. 2.48 km SSE of Beaver, UtahThu, Jul 31, 4:36 AM MDT · 14671 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
2. 1.714 km SE of Beaver, UtahWed, Aug 6, 12:47 PM MDT · 14665 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.110 km NW of Enoch, UtahMon, Aug 11, 10:09 PM MDT · 14659 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
4. 2.410 km SSW of Hatch, UtahFri, Aug 22, 9:30 PM MDT · 14648 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
5. 1.720 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 9, 4:20 PM MDT · 14630 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
6. 2.6UtahTue, Sep 23, 9:33 AM MDT · 14617 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
7. 1.929 km N of Beaver, UtahTue, Sep 23, 2:28 PM MDT · 14616 days ago · -3 km deep · 34 km away
8. 2.827 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 23, 8:38 PM MDT · 14616 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
9. 2.327 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 23, 9:19 PM MDT · 14616 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
10. 2.828 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahWed, Sep 24, 3:27 AM MDT · 14616 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
11. 2.418 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahWed, Sep 24, 11:45 AM MDT · 14616 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
12. 2.823 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 6:45 AM MDT · 14615 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
13. 2.126 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 10:50 AM MDT · 14615 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
14. 3.024 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 4:31 PM MDT · 14614 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
15. 2.127 km WNW of Marysvale, UtahFri, Sep 26, 10:15 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
16. 2.625 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahFri, Sep 26, 10:28 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
17. 2.329 km WNW of Marysvale, UtahFri, Sep 26, 11:18 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
18. 2.428 km NNE of Beaver, UtahFri, Sep 26, 11:24 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
19. 1.8UtahFri, Sep 26, 5:34 PM MDT · 14613 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
20. 2.824 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSat, Sep 27, 4:38 PM MDT · 14612 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away

Before

1. 2.89 km SE of Beaver, UtahWed, Jul 30, 9:33 PM MDT · 14671 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.15 km NW of Joseph, UtahThu, Jul 24, 8:35 PM MDT · 14677 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
3. 1.84 km NW of Joseph, UtahThu, Jul 24, 8:28 PM MDT · 14677 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
4. 2.45 km SSW of Joseph, UtahThu, Jul 24, 7:40 PM MDT · 14677 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
5. 1.84 km NNW of Joseph, UtahWed, Jul 23, 10:30 PM MDT · 14678 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
6. 2.29 km S of Beaver, UtahSun, Jul 13, 10:08 AM MDT · 14689 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
7. 2.214 km SSW of Beaver, UtahThu, Jul 10, 5:56 AM MDT · 14692 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50029635. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:27 AM UTC.