Wyoming earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 14 km SW of Woodruff, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Woodruff, Utah on Sat, Oct 7, 2017, 9:56 AM MDT (15:56 UTC), -2 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 4 km SW of Garden City, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2017-10-07 15:56:59 UTC
Depth
-2.4 km (-1.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.423° N, 111.282° W
Region
Wyoming
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 1.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.53
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
242°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.63 km W of Layton, Utah · 3271 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.08 km W of Perry, Utah · 3266 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.919 km SSW of Robertson, Wyoming · 3258 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.03 km NE of Silver Summit, Utah · 3258 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.73 km NE of Silver Summit, Utah · 3258 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 2.16 km SE of Avon, Utah · 3247 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.85 km SE of Avon, Utah · 3247 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.97 km SE of Avon, Utah · 3247 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.36 km SE of Avon, Utah · 3246 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.44 km SW of Garden City, Utah · 3245 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  11. 1.617 km W of Corinne, Utah · 3243 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.016 km S of Robertson, Wyoming · 3242 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.030 km SSE of Evanston, Wyoming · 3235 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.4Utah · 3229 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 2.74 km ENE of Huntsville, Utah · 3302 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 53
  2. 3.34 km S of Summit Park, Utah · 3302 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 665

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60251627. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.