M3.1 earthquake 16 km SW of Circleville, Utah
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Circleville, Utah on Wed, Jul 11, 2018, 7:21 AM MDT (13:21 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-11 13:21:25 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.059° N, 112.401° W
- Region
- Utah
- Felt reports
- 2
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.12 | ML, local (Richter) | University of Utah Seismograph Stations | Preferred · Final · ±0.097 · 22 stations |
| 3.1 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.097 · 22 stations |
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- III, weak shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 123.0% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.4 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.615 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 3004 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.810 km W of Hatch, Utah · 2991 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.914 km S of Beaver, Utah · 2984 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.827 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2978 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.926 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2978 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.826 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2978 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.022 km SSE of Antimony, Utah · 2977 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.936 km W of Milford, Utah · 2974 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.70 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 2963 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.715 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2963 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2959 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.811 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2952 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.210 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2949 days ago · -3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Marysvale, Utah · 2949 days ago · -3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.68 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 2948 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2947 days ago · -3 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 2.716 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 3007 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 3013 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 3021 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.016 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 3025 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.810 km SW of Milford, Utah · 3026 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 3027 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.116 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 3027 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 2.416 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 3031 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6Utah · 3032 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 3033 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60288487 (also filed as us2000g25b). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.