M1.7 earthquake 9 km ESE of Scipio, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Scipio, Utah on Tue, Mar 25, 1986, 11:55 AM MST (18:55 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 11 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-03-25 18:55:22 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.211° N, 112.007° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.38 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14802 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.06 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14801 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.29 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14796 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Spring City, Utah · 14791 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 14790 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.624 km ESE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 14790 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.99 km NE of Marysvale, Utah · 14787 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.711 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14780 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Fountain Green, Utah · 14779 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Spring City, Utah · 14773 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.613 km E of Manti, Utah · 14768 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.69 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 14766 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.111 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14766 days ago · -3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.931 km SW of Emery, Utah · 14758 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.811 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14755 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.110 km SW of Clear Creek, Utah · 14749 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 1.610 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14804 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.010 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14804 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14804 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.89 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14804 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.39 km E of Scipio, Utah · 14804 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.39 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14804 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14804 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.39 km E of Scipio, Utah · 14804 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.29 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 14804 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Marysvale, Utah · 14809 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.87 km E of Leamington, Utah · 14809 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.87 km N of Fayette, Utah · 14810 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14811 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14811 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Genola, Utah · 14811 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14814 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.718 km E of Leamington, Utah · 14816 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.011 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14817 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Fayette, Utah · 14817 days ago · -2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.88 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14817 days ago · -2 km deep · 15 km away
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