M2.8 earthquake 19 km S of Beaver, Utah
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 19 km S of Beaver, Utah on Sat, Jan 17, 1987, 8:04 AM MST (15:04 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-01-17 15:04:36 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.098° N, 112.649° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.421 km S of Beaver, Utah · 14501 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.322 km S of Beaver, Utah · 14500 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.77 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 14480 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.124 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 14478 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.015 km S of Beaver, Utah · 14449 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 1.7Utah · 14502 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.67 km S of Joseph, Utah · 14502 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.77 km S of Joseph, Utah · 14504 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.58 km NW of Junction, Utah · 14517 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.121 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14521 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.618 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14521 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.519 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14521 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50031275. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC.