M1.8 earthquake 7 km N of Fayette, Utah

Magnitude

1.8 (md), micro

Local time

Tue, Mar 18, 1986, 1:23 PM MST

UTC

1986-03-18 20:23:40 UTC

Depth

1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

39.296° N, 111.867° W

Region

Utah

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

139°

Stations used

8

• Gunnison, UtahPopulation 3,238. Forecast16 kmNNW
• Santaquin, UtahPopulation 10,572. Forecast76 kmS
• Provo, UtahPopulation 115,162. Forecast106 kmS
• Phoenix, ArizonaPopulation 1,650,070. Forecast651 kmN

After

1. 1.87 km E of Leamington, UtahWed, Mar 19, 3:59 PM MST · 14804 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
2. 1.810 km NE of Marysvale, UtahThu, Mar 20, 4:54 AM MST · 14804 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
3. 3.29 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 3:33 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
4. 4.39 km E of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 3:40 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
5. 1.69 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 4:34 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
6. 2.39 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 4:52 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
7. 3.39 km E of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 7:49 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
8. 3.89 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 7:53 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
9. 1.610 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 8:00 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
10. 2.010 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 8:50 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
11. 1.610 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 9:32 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
12. 1.79 km ESE of Scipio, UtahTue, Mar 25, 11:55 AM MST · 14798 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
13. 2.38 km NNW of Fayette, UtahWed, Mar 26, 12:32 PM MST · 14797 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
14. 2.06 km ESE of Scipio, UtahThu, Mar 27, 3:21 PM MST · 14796 days ago · -3 km deep · 17 km away
15. 2.29 km W of Huntington, UtahTue, Apr 1, 11:41 PM MST · 14791 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
16. 1.615 km SSE of Spring City, UtahMon, Apr 7, 12:23 AM MST · 14786 days ago · 24 km deep · 40 km away
17. 2.46 km NW of Fayette, UtahMon, Apr 7, 9:01 AM MST · 14785 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
18. 1.624 km ESE of Woodland Hills, UtahTue, Apr 8, 7:59 AM MST · 14784 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
19. 1.99 km NE of Marysvale, UtahThu, Apr 10, 6:07 PM MST · 14782 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
20. 2.711 km W of Huntington, UtahThu, Apr 17, 9:08 AM MST · 14775 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
21. 1.72 km ENE of Fountain Green, UtahFri, Apr 18, 4:46 PM MST · 14774 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
22. 1.520 km SE of Spring City, UtahFri, Apr 25, 12:16 AM MST · 14768 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
23. 2.613 km E of Manti, UtahWed, Apr 30, 6:41 AM MDT · 14762 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
24. 2.69 km W of Hiawatha, UtahFri, May 2, 12:24 AM MDT · 14761 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
25. 2.111 km WNW of Orangeville, UtahFri, May 2, 2:58 AM MDT · 14761 days ago · -3 km deep · 60 km away
26. 1.931 km SW of Emery, UtahFri, May 9, 9:32 PM MDT · 14753 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
27. 2.811 km NNW of Orangeville, UtahTue, May 13, 5:30 AM MDT · 14750 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away

Before

1. 1.58 km NNW of Fayette, UtahMon, Mar 17, 9:50 PM MST · 14806 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
2. 1.78 km NNW of Fayette, UtahMon, Mar 17, 8:06 PM MST · 14806 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
3. 1.73 km NW of Genola, UtahMon, Mar 17, 3:13 PM MST · 14806 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
4. 1.97 km NNW of Fayette, UtahFri, Mar 14, 8:09 PM MST · 14809 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
5. 1.718 km E of Leamington, UtahThu, Mar 13, 4:47 AM MST · 14811 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
6. 3.011 km W of Huntington, UtahTue, Mar 11, 11:17 PM MST · 14812 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
7. 1.68 km WSW of Fayette, UtahTue, Mar 11, 5:47 PM MST · 14812 days ago · -2 km deep · 13 km away
8. 1.88 km NNW of Fayette, UtahTue, Mar 11, 1:44 PM MST · 14812 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
9. 1.96 km E of Leamington, UtahMon, Feb 24, 4:16 PM MST · 14827 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
10. 1.913 km WSW of Eureka, UtahSun, Feb 23, 4:05 AM MST · 14829 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50028660. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:41 PM UTC.