M1.7 earthquake 8 km W of Fayette, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km W of Fayette, Utah on Wed, Mar 25, 2015, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 10 km W of Centerfield, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-25 23:22:45 UTC
- Depth
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.214° N, 111.960° 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
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.01 km WNW of Sigurd, Utah · 4211 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.4Utah · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Fountain Green, Utah · 4183 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.113 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 4179 days ago · -3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 4175 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Nephi, Utah · 4171 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.011 km W of Centerfield, Utah · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.710 km W of Centerfield, Utah · 4170 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Orangeville, Utah · 4168 days ago · -2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.718 km E of Manti, Utah · 4158 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 1.52 km ENE of Marysvale, Utah · 4212 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 4218 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.713 km WSW of Wales, Utah · 4220 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.09 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 4228 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.810 km SSE of Marysvale, Utah · 4231 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60105587. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC.