M1.8 earthquake 10 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah on Sat, Dec 5, 1987, 8:38 PM MST (03:38 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 13 km SSE of Minersville, Utah. 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, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-12-06 03:38:18 UTC
- Depth
- 1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.722° N, 112.494° 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, 3.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.14 km NW of Redmond, Utah · 14179 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Redmond, Utah · 14179 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.821 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 14168 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.810 km WSW of Fayette, Utah · 14162 days ago · -2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.310 km WSW of Fayette, Utah · 14161 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 14138 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.99 km E of Scipio, Utah · 14123 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 2.27 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 14201 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Leamington, Utah · 14201 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.011 km NNW of Scipio, Utah · 14204 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.02 km SSW of Manti, Utah · 14206 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.26 km E of Leamington, Utah · 14207 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50034935. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC.