M1.8 earthquake 29 km E of Torrey, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 29 km E of Torrey, Utah on Thu, Mar 12, 2015, 9:51 AM MDT (15:51 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 13 km WNW of Emery, 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 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-12 15:51:42 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.329° N, 111.082° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 9.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.28
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.013 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 4217 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.52 km ENE of Marysvale, Utah · 4212 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.01 km WNW of Sigurd, Utah · 4211 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.614 km S of Antimony, Utah · 4196 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.734 km SE of Escalante, Utah · 4177 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 4174 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayUtah earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60104322. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.