M2.3 earthquake Utah
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck in Utah on Mon, May 11, 1987, 1:13 PM MDT (19:13 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 23 km E of Glenwood, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-05-11 19:13:23 UTC
- Depth
- 12.6 km (7.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.329° N, 111.125° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.827 km ESE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 14383 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.518 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 14369 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Helper, Utah · 14361 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Helper, Utah · 14358 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.84 km N of Sunnyside, Utah · 14356 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.318 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 14356 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 14355 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.26 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 14354 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.619 km E of Mayfield, Utah · 14348 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.72 km E of Gunnison, Utah · 14348 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.223 km E of Glenwood, Utah · 14338 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.524 km E of Glenwood, Utah · 14338 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.919 km SW of Emery, Utah · 14334 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 2.56 km E of Leamington, Utah · 14389 days ago · -3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.310 km W of Fayette, Utah · 14390 days ago · -3 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.415 km WNW of Huntington, Utah · 14393 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.811 km W of Huntington, Utah · 14402 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.73 km S of Goshen, Utah · 14409 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50032580. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC.