M1.7 earthquake 14 km SE of Beaver, Utah

Magnitude

1.7 (md), micro

Local time

Wed, Aug 6, 1986, 12:47 PM MDT

UTC

1986-08-06 18:47:56 UTC

Depth

10.6 km (6.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.180° N, 112.529° W

Region

Utah

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

171°

Stations used

7

• Beaver, UtahPopulation 3,007. Forecast15 kmSE
• Cedar City, UtahPopulation 30,184. Forecast73 kmNE
• Provo, UtahPopulation 115,162. Forecast240 kmSSW
• Phoenix, ArizonaPopulation 1,650,070. Forecast528 kmN

After

1. 2.110 km NW of Enoch, UtahMon, Aug 11, 10:09 PM MDT · 14660 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
2. 2.410 km SSW of Hatch, UtahFri, Aug 22, 9:30 PM MDT · 14649 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
3. 1.720 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 9, 4:20 PM MDT · 14631 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
4. 2.6UtahTue, Sep 23, 9:33 AM MDT · 14617 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
5. 1.929 km N of Beaver, UtahTue, Sep 23, 2:28 PM MDT · 14617 days ago · -3 km deep · 40 km away
6. 2.827 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 23, 8:38 PM MDT · 14617 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
7. 2.327 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 23, 9:19 PM MDT · 14617 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
8. 2.828 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahWed, Sep 24, 3:27 AM MDT · 14616 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
9. 2.418 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahWed, Sep 24, 11:45 AM MDT · 14616 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
10. 2.823 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 6:45 AM MDT · 14615 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
11. 2.126 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 10:50 AM MDT · 14615 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
12. 3.024 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 4:31 PM MDT · 14615 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
13. 2.127 km WNW of Marysvale, UtahFri, Sep 26, 10:15 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
14. 2.625 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahFri, Sep 26, 10:28 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
15. 2.329 km WNW of Marysvale, UtahFri, Sep 26, 11:18 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
16. 2.428 km NNE of Beaver, UtahFri, Sep 26, 11:24 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
17. 1.8UtahFri, Sep 26, 5:34 PM MDT · 14614 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
18. 2.824 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSat, Sep 27, 4:38 PM MDT · 14613 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
19. 2.328 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahMon, Sep 29, 1:34 PM MDT · 14611 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
20. 2.11 km SSE of Koosharem, UtahTue, Sep 30, 3:26 AM MDT · 14610 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
21. 1.927 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahWed, Oct 1, 4:44 AM MDT · 14609 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
22. 2.228 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahFri, Oct 3, 8:58 PM MDT · 14607 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
23. 2.324 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSat, Oct 4, 2:54 AM MDT · 14606 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
24. 2.122 km W of Marysvale, UtahSat, Oct 4, 8:13 PM MDT · 14606 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
25. 1.925 km WNW of Marysvale, UtahSun, Oct 5, 12:18 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
26. 2.923 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 2:19 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
27. 2.6UtahSun, Oct 5, 2:45 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
28. 2.823 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 4:07 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
29. 3.521 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 9:47 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
30. 2.922 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 9:59 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
31. 2.523 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 10:51 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away

Before

1. 2.48 km SSE of Beaver, UtahThu, Jul 31, 4:36 AM MDT · 14671 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
2. 2.68 km SE of Beaver, UtahWed, Jul 30, 9:35 PM MDT · 14672 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.89 km SE of Beaver, UtahWed, Jul 30, 9:33 PM MDT · 14672 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
4. 2.15 km NW of Joseph, UtahThu, Jul 24, 8:35 PM MDT · 14678 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
5. 1.84 km NW of Joseph, UtahThu, Jul 24, 8:28 PM MDT · 14678 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
6. 2.45 km SSW of Joseph, UtahThu, Jul 24, 7:40 PM MDT · 14678 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
7. 1.84 km NNW of Joseph, UtahWed, Jul 23, 10:30 PM MDT · 14679 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
8. 2.29 km S of Beaver, UtahSun, Jul 13, 10:08 AM MDT · 14689 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
9. 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 uu50029690. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC.