M2.0 earthquake 15 km S of Beaver, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 15 km S of Beaver, Utah on Tue, Mar 10, 1987, 12:16 AM MST (07:16 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 4 km WSW of Joseph, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-10 07:16:41 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.141° N, 112.671° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.03 km SSW of Cedar City, Utah · 14425 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.95 km WNW of Sigurd, Utah · 14419 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.14 km WSW of Joseph, Utah · 14404 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.03 km SW of Joseph, Utah · 14404 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 14404 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Beaver, Utah · 14401 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50031870. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.