Utah earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 7 km SW of Fayette, Utah

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Fayette, Utah on Wed, Aug 19, 1987, 10:38 PM MDT (04:38 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 11 km SW of Kanosh, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1987-08-20 04:38:48 UTC
Depth
0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.185° N, 111.919° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.611 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14270 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.811 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 14269 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.213 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14269 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.311 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 14269 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.314 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 14269 days ago · -3 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.311 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14269 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.811 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14269 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 2.810 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14269 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.912 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14269 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.611 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14268 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.612 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14266 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.830 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14266 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.729 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14265 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.827 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14265 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.430 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14265 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 3.230 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14265 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.126 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14265 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 2.430 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14265 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.229 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14265 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.729 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14265 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 1.730 km N of Beaver, Utah · 14265 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.529 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 14259 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.05 km W of Joseph, Utah · 14258 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 3.215 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14258 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 2.014 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14258 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.95 km ESE of Scofield, Utah · 14253 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.229 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 14245 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 1.87 km E of Leamington, Utah · 14298 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50033225. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.