Utah earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 18 km E of Leamington, Utah

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 18 km E of Leamington, Utah on Thu, Mar 13, 1986, 4:47 AM MST (11:47 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 7 km NNW of Fayette, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-03-13 11:47:05 UTC
Depth
1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.525° N, 112.071° W
Region
Utah
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 17.0 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.97 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14802 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.73 km NW of Genola, Utah · 14799 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.78 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14799 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.58 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14799 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.87 km N of Fayette, Utah · 14798 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 1.87 km E of Leamington, Utah · 14797 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 3.29 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14792 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 4.39 km E of Scipio, Utah · 14792 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.69 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14792 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 2.39 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14792 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 3.39 km E of Scipio, Utah · 14792 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 3.89 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14792 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.610 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14792 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.010 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14792 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 1.610 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14792 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.79 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14791 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.38 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14790 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.06 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14789 days ago · -3 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.29 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14784 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.615 km SSE of Spring City, Utah · 14779 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.46 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 14778 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 1.624 km ESE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 14777 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.711 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14768 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.72 km ENE of Fountain Green, Utah · 14767 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.520 km SE of Spring City, Utah · 14761 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.613 km E of Manti, Utah · 14755 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 2.69 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 14754 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  28. 2.111 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14754 days ago · -3 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 1.931 km SW of Emery, Utah · 14746 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 3.011 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14805 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.68 km WSW of Fayette, Utah · 14805 days ago · -2 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.88 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14805 days ago · -2 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.96 km E of Leamington, Utah · 14820 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.913 km WSW of Eureka, Utah · 14821 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.017 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14832 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.415 km NW of Orangeville, Utah · 14833 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50028620. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC.