M1.7 earthquake 12 km NE of Howell, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km NE of Howell, Utah on Sat, Jan 9, 1988, 8:23 PM MST (03:23 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 9 km NNW of Garden City, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-01-10 03:23:28 UTC
- Depth
- 8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.863° N, 112.329° 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, 2.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.649 km WNW of Hooper, Utah · 14131 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Garden City, Utah · 14125 days ago · -2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.010 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 14118 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.910 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 14117 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 14114 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.711 km NE of Howell, Utah · 14102 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.18 km WNW of Bear River City, Utah · 14102 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.911 km NE of Howell, Utah · 14097 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Howell, Utah · 14082 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.712 km NE of Howell, Utah · 14079 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
Before
- 2.118 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 14142 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.711 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 14146 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.613 km ESE of Snowville, Utah · 14155 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Howell, Utah · 14161 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.810 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 14165 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50035300. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.