M1.8 earthquake Utah

Magnitude

1.8 (md), micro

Local time

Fri, Sep 26, 1986, 5:34 PM MDT

UTC

1986-09-26 23:34:12 UTC

Depth

8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.579° N, 112.562° W

Region

Utah

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.6 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

110°

Stations used

7

• Beaver, UtahPopulation 3,007. Forecast34 kmNNE
• Cedar City, UtahPopulation 30,184. Forecast109 kmNNE
• Provo, UtahPopulation 115,162. Forecast200 kmSSW
• Phoenix, ArizonaPopulation 1,650,070. Forecast572 kmN

After

1. 2.824 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSat, Sep 27, 4:38 PM MDT · 14613 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
2. 2.328 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahMon, Sep 29, 1:34 PM MDT · 14611 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
3. 2.11 km SSE of Koosharem, UtahTue, Sep 30, 3:26 AM MDT · 14610 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
4. 1.927 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahWed, Oct 1, 4:44 AM MDT · 14609 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
5. 2.228 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahFri, Oct 3, 8:58 PM MDT · 14606 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
6. 2.324 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSat, Oct 4, 2:54 AM MDT · 14606 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
7. 2.122 km W of Marysvale, UtahSat, Oct 4, 8:13 PM MDT · 14605 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
8. 1.925 km WNW of Marysvale, UtahSun, Oct 5, 12:18 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
9. 2.923 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 2:19 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
10. 2.6UtahSun, Oct 5, 2:45 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
11. 2.823 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 4:07 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
12. 3.521 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 9:47 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
13. 2.922 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 9:59 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
14. 2.523 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 10:51 AM MDT · 14605 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
15. 2.625 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 5:45 PM MDT · 14605 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
16. 2.426 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 5, 5:46 PM MDT · 14605 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
17. 2.023 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Oct 9, 2:28 AM MDT · 14601 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
18. 2.126 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSun, Oct 12, 4:22 AM MDT · 14598 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
19. 2.110 km W of Fayette, UtahMon, Oct 13, 12:33 AM MDT · 14597 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
20. 1.79 km W of Fayette, UtahSun, Oct 19, 7:37 AM MDT · 14591 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
21. 1.710 km W of Fayette, UtahTue, Oct 21, 2:47 AM MDT · 14589 days ago · -2 km deep · 88 km away
22. 2.310 km W of Fayette, UtahTue, Oct 21, 2:47 AM MDT · 14589 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
23. 2.610 km ESE of Scipio, UtahTue, Oct 21, 2:54 AM MDT · 14589 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
24. 1.610 km E of Scipio, UtahTue, Oct 21, 3:16 PM MDT · 14589 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
25. 2.310 km W of Fayette, UtahThu, Oct 23, 10:07 AM MDT · 14587 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
26. 2.19 km W of Fayette, UtahThu, Oct 23, 10:29 AM MDT · 14587 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
27. 1.79 km W of Fayette, UtahThu, Oct 23, 11:09 AM MDT · 14587 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
28. 2.310 km W of Fayette, UtahThu, Oct 23, 1:23 PM MDT · 14587 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
29. 2.330 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahFri, Nov 14, 2:16 AM MST · 14565 days ago · -3 km deep · 3 km away
30. 1.621 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahSat, Nov 22, 4:15 AM MST · 14557 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away

Before

1. 2.428 km NNE of Beaver, UtahFri, Sep 26, 11:24 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
2. 2.329 km WNW of Marysvale, UtahFri, Sep 26, 11:18 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
3. 2.625 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahFri, Sep 26, 10:28 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
4. 2.127 km WNW of Marysvale, UtahFri, Sep 26, 10:15 AM MDT · 14614 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
5. 3.024 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 4:31 PM MDT · 14615 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
6. 2.126 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 10:50 AM MDT · 14615 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
7. 2.823 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahThu, Sep 25, 6:45 AM MDT · 14615 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
8. 2.418 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahWed, Sep 24, 11:45 AM MDT · 14616 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
9. 2.828 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahWed, Sep 24, 3:27 AM MDT · 14616 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
10. 2.327 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 23, 9:19 PM MDT · 14616 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
11. 2.827 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 23, 8:38 PM MDT · 14616 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
12. 1.929 km N of Beaver, UtahTue, Sep 23, 2:28 PM MDT · 14617 days ago · -3 km deep · 5 km away
13. 2.6UtahTue, Sep 23, 9:33 AM MDT · 14617 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
14. 1.720 km SSW of Kanosh, UtahTue, Sep 9, 4:20 PM MDT · 14631 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50030075. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:44 PM UTC.