M1.6 earthquake 17 km NNW of Beaver, UT
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km NNW of Beaver, UT on Tue, Oct 2, 2018, 5:21 AM MDT (11:21 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 19 km N of Paragonah, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-02 11:21:29 UTC
- Depth
- 9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.127° N, 112.591° 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, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.620 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 2919 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.827 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2916 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.129 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2916 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Marysvale, Utah · 2914 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Enoch, Utah · 2913 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.82 km WSW of Enoch, Utah · 2913 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.71 km SW of Enoch, Utah · 2913 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.930 km N of Beaver, Utah · 2913 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.819 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2910 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.216 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2909 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.91 km WSW of Enoch, Utah · 2909 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.019 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2908 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.519 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2906 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2906 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.61 km S of Enoch, Utah · 2901 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.59 km W of Enoch, Utah · 2896 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.88 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2896 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.94 km SSE of Bicknell, Utah · 2896 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2896 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.619 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2893 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 13
- 1.912 km ESE of Hatch, Utah · 2892 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.519 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2891 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.76 km N of Alton, Utah · 2890 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.019 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2889 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.019 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2888 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.611 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 2888 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.618 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2886 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.917 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2882 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2876 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2874 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.77 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 2873 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Alton, Utah · 2865 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.0Utah · 2864 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.8Utah · 2863 days ago · -3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.78 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2862 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 1.818 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2921 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.927 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2925 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2927 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Enoch, Utah · 2936 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.81 km WSW of Enoch, Utah · 2936 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Alton, Utah · 2938 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.929 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2939 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.826 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2941 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.127 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2941 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.826 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2941 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.030 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.926 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.327 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.826 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.626 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 2943 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2947 days ago · -3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.68 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 2947 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Marysvale, Utah · 2948 days ago · -3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.210 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2948 days ago · -3 km deep · 54 km away
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