M1.6 earthquake 15 km SW of Circleville, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km SW of Circleville, Utah on Wed, Jul 11, 2018, 3:38 PM MDT (21:38 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 26 km W of Kanosh, 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
- 2018-07-11 21:38:01 UTC
- Depth
- 3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.072° N, 112.391° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.810 km W of Hatch, Utah · 2990 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.914 km S of Beaver, Utah · 2984 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.827 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.926 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2977 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.826 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2977 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 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 · 2973 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.70 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2967 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 2963 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 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 · 2951 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.210 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2948 days ago · -3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Marysvale, Utah · 2948 days ago · -3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.68 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 2947 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2947 days ago · -3 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 3.116 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 2.716 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 3006 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 3012 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 3021 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 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 · 3026 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 · 3030 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6Utah · 3032 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 3033 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60288537. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:48 PM UTC.