M2.8 earthquake 3 km N of Joseph, Utah

Magnitude

2.8 (md), micro

Local time

Sat, Feb 8, 1986, 6:03 AM MST

UTC

1986-02-08 13:03:35 UTC

Depth

8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.657° N, 112.213° W

Region

Utah

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

82°

Stations used

14

• Elsinore, UtahPopulation 857. Forecast6 kmWSW
• Cedar City, UtahPopulation 30,184. Forecast132 kmNE
• Provo, UtahPopulation 115,162. Forecast182 kmSSW
• Phoenix, ArizonaPopulation 1,650,070. Forecast579 kmN

After

1. 2.128 km N of Beaver, UtahSun, Feb 9, 7:42 PM MST · 14835 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
2. 2.017 km NNW of Fayette, UtahWed, Feb 12, 2:22 PM MST · 14832 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
3. 1.96 km E of Leamington, UtahMon, Feb 24, 4:16 PM MST · 14820 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
4. 1.88 km NNW of Fayette, UtahTue, Mar 11, 1:44 PM MST · 14805 days ago · -2 km deep · 77 km away
5. 1.68 km WSW of Fayette, UtahTue, Mar 11, 5:47 PM MST · 14805 days ago · -2 km deep · 64 km away
6. 1.718 km E of Leamington, UtahThu, Mar 13, 4:47 AM MST · 14803 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
7. 1.97 km NNW of Fayette, UtahFri, Mar 14, 8:09 PM MST · 14802 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
8. 1.78 km NNW of Fayette, UtahMon, Mar 17, 8:06 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
9. 1.58 km NNW of Fayette, UtahMon, Mar 17, 9:50 PM MST · 14799 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
10. 1.87 km N of Fayette, UtahTue, Mar 18, 1:23 PM MST · 14798 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
11. 1.87 km E of Leamington, UtahWed, Mar 19, 3:59 PM MST · 14797 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
12. 1.810 km NE of Marysvale, UtahThu, Mar 20, 4:54 AM MST · 14796 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
13. 3.29 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 3:33 PM MST · 14792 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
14. 4.39 km E of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 3:40 PM MST · 14792 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
15. 1.69 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 4:34 PM MST · 14792 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
16. 2.39 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 4:52 PM MST · 14792 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
17. 3.39 km E of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 7:49 PM MST · 14792 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
18. 3.89 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 7:53 PM MST · 14792 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
19. 1.610 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 8:00 PM MST · 14792 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
20. 2.010 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 8:50 PM MST · 14792 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
21. 1.610 km ESE of Scipio, UtahMon, Mar 24, 9:32 PM MST · 14792 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
22. 1.79 km ESE of Scipio, UtahTue, Mar 25, 11:55 AM MST · 14791 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
23. 2.38 km NNW of Fayette, UtahWed, Mar 26, 12:32 PM MST · 14790 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
24. 2.06 km ESE of Scipio, UtahThu, Mar 27, 3:21 PM MST · 14789 days ago · -3 km deep · 64 km away
25. 1.81 km NW of Circleville, UtahSun, Apr 6, 9:05 AM MST · 14779 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
26. 2.46 km NW of Fayette, UtahMon, Apr 7, 9:01 AM MST · 14778 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away

Before

1. 2.24 km WSW of Elsinore, UtahMon, Feb 3, 5:55 PM MST · 14841 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
2. 1.86 km ENE of Leamington, UtahTue, Jan 21, 3:14 PM MST · 14854 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
3. 1.66 km ENE of Leamington, UtahFri, Jan 10, 3:03 PM MST · 14865 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50028315. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.