M1.6 earthquake 10 km WSW of Portage, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10 km WSW of Portage, Utah on Sun, Apr 2, 2017, 2:59 PM MDT (20:59 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km SSE of Grace, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-02 20:59:30 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.932° N, 112.349° 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
- ±0.28
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.710 km WSW of Portage, Utah · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3462 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.66 km SSE of Grace, Idaho · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 3422 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.115 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3411 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60191202. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:52 AM UTC.