M2.1 earthquake 17 km S of Brian Head, Utah
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 17 km S of Brian Head, Utah on Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 2:26 AM MST (09:26 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 22 km W of Enoch, 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
- 2017-11-16 09:26:55 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.535° N, 112.813° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.820 km S of Brian Head, Utah · 3234 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 2.19 km ENE of Hildale, Utah · 3233 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Orderville, Utah · 3220 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.67 km N of Hildale, Utah · 3217 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Orderville, Utah · 3208 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.620 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3206 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.322 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.622 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.9Utah · 3203 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.622 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.722 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.022 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 1.923 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.215 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 3202 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.915 km E of Fredonia, Arizona · 3196 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.312 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 3196 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.312 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 3186 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.19 km SSW of Beaver, Utah · 3185 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 1.611 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 3250 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of Fredonia, Arizona · 3260 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Fredonia, Arizona · 3260 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Utah · 3263 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 3263 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.223 km SE of Antimony, Utah · 3265 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.514 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 3267 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60257842. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:39 AM UTC.