Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Utah on Wed, Mar 4, 2015, 4:27 AM MST (11:27 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 10 km S of Beaver, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2015-03-04 11:27:14 UTC
Depth
14.6 km (9.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.047° N, 111.719° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.07 km SSE of Alton, Utah · 4233 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.810 km SSE of Marysvale, Utah · 4231 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.09 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 4228 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.810 km S of Beaver, Utah · 4226 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.711 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.910 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.613 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 4226 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.829 km E of Torrey, Utah · 4225 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.79 km E of Hatch, Utah · 4223 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.96 km S of Beaver, Utah · 4219 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.717 km SE of Hatch, Utah · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.52 km ENE of Marysvale, Utah · 4213 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.01 km WNW of Sigurd, Utah · 4211 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.54 km NW of Paragonah, Utah · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.811 km S of Beaver, Utah · 4200 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.614 km S of Antimony, Utah · 4196 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 1.719 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 4189 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.65 km NW of Junction, Utah · 4183 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.717 km NNE of Paragonah, Utah · 4183 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.734 km SE of Escalante, Utah · 4177 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.74 km E of Beaver, Utah · 4173 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 2.20 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 4242 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.90 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 4243 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.51 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 4243 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.29 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 4246 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.81 km ENE of Beaver, Utah · 4247 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.93 km WSW of Richfield, Utah · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.82 km WSW of Richfield, Utah · 4257 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.518 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 4258 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.314 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 4259 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.94 km WSW of Richfield, Utah · 4260 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 38
  11. 1.93 km SW of Richfield, Utah · 4260 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60103492. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:16 PM UTC.