M1.5 earthquake 14 km NE of Leamington, Utah
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 14 km NE of Leamington, Utah on Mon, Jul 13, 1987, 2:28 PM MDT (20:28 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 15 km W of Huntington, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-13 20:28:31 UTC
- Depth
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.631° N, 112.164° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 15.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.96 km SSE of Salina, Utah · 14324 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Salina, Utah · 14324 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.13 km SE of Salina, Utah · 14324 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.34 km SSE of Salina, Utah · 14324 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.87 km E of Leamington, Utah · 14311 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.63 km NNW of Salem, Utah · 14301 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Fayette, Utah · 14291 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.215 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14271 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.014 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 14271 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50032895. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:32 AM UTC.