M2.3 earthquake 22 km W of Enoch, Utah
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 22 km W of Enoch, Utah on Wed, Dec 27, 2017, 2:50 PM MST (21:50 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-27 21:50:30 UTC
- Depth
- 8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.791° N, 113.280° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.622 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.9Utah · 3203 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.622 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.722 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.022 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 1.923 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.215 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 3202 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.312 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 3195 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.523 km NNE of Beaver, Utah · 3193 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.718 km N of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 3189 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.312 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 3185 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.19 km SSW of Beaver, Utah · 3185 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 3185 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.123 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3180 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.122 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 3180 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.98 km SSW of Leeds, Utah · 3171 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.57 km W of Junction, Utah · 3170 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 3168 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.819 km S of Saint George, Utah · 3160 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.822 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3158 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 3152 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.112 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 3152 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 1.620 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3205 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Orderville, Utah · 3208 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.67 km N of Hildale, Utah · 3217 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Orderville, Utah · 3220 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.619 km N of Ursine, Nevada · 3225 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Hildale, Utah · 3232 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60263262. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC.