M2.1 earthquake 6 km E of Avon, Utah
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 6 km E of Avon, Utah on Sun, Mar 29, 2015, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 11 km N of Summit Park, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-29 20:43:45 UTC
- Depth
- 9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.544° N, 111.731° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.60 km WNW of Huntsville, Utah · 4192 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.317 km W of Bennington, Idaho · 4190 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.83 km S of Deweyville, Utah · 4180 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.011 km N of Summit Park, Utah · 4166 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 16
- 1.810 km N of Summit Park, Utah · 4166 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.624 km SE of Evanston, Wyoming · 4155 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.615 km ENE of Huntsville, Utah · 4153 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8southern Idaho · 4152 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60105917. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC.