M2.2 earthquake 15 km NE of Hildale, Utah
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 15 km NE of Hildale, Utah on Thu, Dec 28, 2017, 10:31 AM MST (17:31 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 15 km N of Beaver Dam, Arizona. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-28 17:31:49 UTC
- Depth
- 11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.097° N, 112.844° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.415 km N of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 3198 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.915 km E of Fredonia, Arizona · 3197 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.312 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 3196 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.718 km N of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 3190 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.123 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3181 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.122 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 3181 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.98 km SSW of Leeds, Utah · 3172 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 3168 days ago · 20 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.819 km S of Saint George, Utah · 3160 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.831 km WSW of Big Water, Utah · 3158 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.822 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3158 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.112 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 3152 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 1.923 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.022 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3203 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
- 2.722 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3204 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.622 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3204 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9Utah · 3204 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.622 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3204 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.322 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3204 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.620 km W of Enoch, Utah · 3206 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.722 km WNW of Orderville, Utah · 3208 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.67 km N of Hildale, Utah · 3218 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Orderville, Utah · 3220 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60263352. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC.