M2.0 earthquake 5 km WSW of Beaver, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Beaver, Utah on Mon, Apr 27, 1987, 2:31 PM MDT (20:31 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 10 km N of Junction, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-04-27 20:31:39 UTC
- Depth
- -0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.253° N, 112.692° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.710 km N of Junction, Utah · 14384 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Junction, Utah · 14380 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.331 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14363 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 1.85 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 14403 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.03 km SW of Joseph, Utah · 14403 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.14 km WSW of Joseph, Utah · 14403 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.95 km WNW of Sigurd, Utah · 14418 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.03 km SSW of Cedar City, Utah · 14424 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50032500. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:22 AM UTC.