M2.4 earthquake 8 km SSE of Beaver, Utah

Magnitude

2.4 (md), micro

Local time

Thu, Jul 31, 1986, 4:36 AM MDT

UTC

1986-07-31 10:36:24 UTC

Depth

3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.202° N, 112.618° W

Region

Utah

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.5 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

85°

Stations used

12

• Beaver, UtahPopulation 3,007. Forecast9 kmSSE
• Cedar City, UtahPopulation 30,184. Forecast70 kmNNE
• Provo, UtahPopulation 115,162. Forecast241 kmSSW
• Phoenix, ArizonaPopulation 1,650,070. Forecast531 kmN

After

1. 1.714 km SE of Beaver, UtahWed, Aug 6, 12:47 PM MDT · 14665 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
2. 2.110 km NW of Enoch, UtahMon, Aug 11, 10:09 PM MDT · 14660 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
3. 2.410 km SSW of Hatch, UtahFri, Aug 22, 9:30 PM MDT · 14649 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
4. 1.720 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 9, 4:20 PM MDT · 14631 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
5. 2.6UtahTue, Sep 23, 9:33 AM MDT · 14617 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
6. 1.929 km N of Beaver, UtahTue, Sep 23, 2:28 PM MDT · 14617 days ago · -3 km deep · 37 km away
7. 2.827 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 23, 8:38 PM MDT · 14617 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
8. 2.327 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 23, 9:19 PM MDT · 14617 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
9. 2.828 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahWed, Sep 24, 3:27 AM MDT · 14616 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
10. 2.418 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahWed, Sep 24, 11:45 AM MDT · 14616 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
11. 2.823 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 6:45 AM MDT · 14615 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
12. 2.126 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 10:50 AM MDT · 14615 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
13. 3.024 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 4:31 PM MDT · 14615 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
14. 2.127 km WNW of Marysvale, UtahFri, Sep 26, 10:15 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
15. 2.625 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahFri, Sep 26, 10:28 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
16. 2.329 km WNW of Marysvale, UtahFri, Sep 26, 11:18 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
17. 2.428 km NNE of Beaver, UtahFri, Sep 26, 11:24 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
18. 1.8UtahFri, Sep 26, 5:34 PM MDT · 14614 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
19. 2.824 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSat, Sep 27, 4:38 PM MDT · 14613 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away

Before

1. 2.68 km SE of Beaver, UtahWed, Jul 30, 9:35 PM MDT · 14672 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
2. 2.89 km SE of Beaver, UtahWed, Jul 30, 9:33 PM MDT · 14672 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
3. 2.15 km NW of Joseph, UtahThu, Jul 24, 8:35 PM MDT · 14678 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
4. 1.84 km NW of Joseph, UtahThu, Jul 24, 8:28 PM MDT · 14678 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
5. 2.45 km SSW of Joseph, UtahThu, Jul 24, 7:40 PM MDT · 14678 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
6. 1.84 km NNW of Joseph, UtahWed, Jul 23, 10:30 PM MDT · 14679 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
7. 2.29 km S of Beaver, UtahSun, Jul 13, 10:08 AM MDT · 14689 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
8. 2.214 km SSW of Beaver, UtahThu, Jul 10, 5:56 AM MDT · 14692 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50029640. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC.