M1.8 earthquake 10 km ENE of Howell, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 10 km ENE of Howell, Utah on Sun, Jul 5, 1987, 3:47 AM MDT (09:47 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 20 km WSW of Malad City, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-05 09:47:50 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.842° N, 112.331° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.020 km WSW of Malad City, Idaho · 14304 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of Malad City, Idaho · 14304 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Malad City, Idaho · 14304 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.712 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 14294 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Malad City, Idaho · 14293 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Plymouth, Utah · 14291 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.115 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 14286 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Malad City, Idaho · 14283 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.314 km NW of Howell, Utah · 14272 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50032870. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.