M1.7 earthquake 3 km NE of Silver Summit, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Silver Summit, Utah on Wed, Nov 1, 2017, 10:01 AM MDT (16:01 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 6 km SE of Avon, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-01 16:01:32 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.760° N, 111.457° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.16 km SE of Avon, Utah · 3244 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Avon, Utah · 3244 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Avon, Utah · 3244 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.36 km SE of Avon, Utah · 3243 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.016 km S of Robertson, Wyoming · 3239 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of Evanston, Wyoming · 3232 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 2.03 km NE of Silver Summit, Utah · 3255 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.919 km SSW of Robertson, Wyoming · 3255 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.08 km W of Perry, Utah · 3263 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.63 km W of Layton, Utah · 3268 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Woodruff, Utah · 3280 days ago · -2 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60255797. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC.