M2.2 earthquake 49 km SW of Howell, Utah
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 49 km SW of Howell, Utah on Tue, Dec 19, 2017, 11:23 AM MST (18:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 3 km SSE of Weston, Idaho. 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-12-19 18:23:00 UTC
- Depth
- 10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.502° N, 112.888° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.08 km WNW of Plymouth, Utah · 3182 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of Cornish, Utah · 3160 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.63 km SSE of Weston, Idaho · 3160 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 1.83 km SSE of Weston, Idaho · 3159 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.23 km SSE of Weston, Idaho · 3159 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60262792. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC.