M1.6 earthquake 82 km E of Montello, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 82 km E of Montello, Nevada on Mon, Mar 21, 1988, 12:24 AM MST (07:24 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 13 km SSE of Snowville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-03-21 07:24:58 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.220° N, 113.210° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.585 km E of Montello, Nevada · 14069 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.011 km S of Snowville, Utah · 14059 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.514 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 14056 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.684 km E of Montello, Nevada · 14028 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 14026 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.713 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 14023 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Howell, Utah · 14023 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 14023 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Snowville, Utah · 14016 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 1.683 km E of Montello, Nevada · 14088 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.586 km W of Hooper, Utah · 14094 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.983 km E of Montello, Nevada · 14103 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.583 km E of Montello, Nevada · 14104 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.884 km E of Montello, Nevada · 14104 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50036200. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC.