M1.8 earthquake 11 km S of Beaver, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 11 km S of Beaver, Utah on Mon, Apr 6, 2015, 6:46 AM MDT (12:46 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 15 km SW of Circleville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-04-06 12:46:43 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.175° N, 112.617° 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, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.614 km S of Antimony, Utah · 4196 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.719 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 4189 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Junction, Utah · 4183 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.717 km NNE of Paragonah, Utah · 4183 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.113 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 4179 days ago · -3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.74 km E of Beaver, Utah · 4173 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Hatch, Utah · 4161 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Hatch, Utah · 4161 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Alton, Utah · 4150 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.31 km NE of Beaver, Utah · 4148 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.215 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 4145 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.2Utah · 4145 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.813 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 4143 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.713 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 4142 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.813 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.714 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 1.54 km NW of Paragonah, Utah · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.01 km WNW of Sigurd, Utah · 4211 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.52 km ENE of Marysvale, Utah · 4213 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Hatch, Utah · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.96 km S of Beaver, Utah · 4219 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.79 km E of Hatch, Utah · 4223 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 4226 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.810 km S of Beaver, Utah · 4226 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.09 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 4228 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60106562. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.