Utah earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 9 km SSE of Eureka, Utah

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Eureka, Utah on Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 12:04 PM MDT (18:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-10-16 18:04:13 UTC
Depth
9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.880° N, 112.067° W
Region
Utah
Felt reports
3
Strongest shaking
III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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
27.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.1 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
38°
Stations used
40

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.79 km SSE of Eureka, Utah · 2906 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.69 km SSE of Eureka, Utah · 2906 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.63 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah · 2906 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.99 km SSE of Eureka, Utah · 2906 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.69 km SE of Eureka, Utah · 2904 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.59 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2894 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.718 km SSE of Independence, Utah · 2892 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.79 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2887 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.59 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2883 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.622 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 2881 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 1.86 km N of Fairview, Utah · 2881 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.77 km WNW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2866 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.710 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 2850 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away

Before

  1. 1.78 km SSE of Eureka, Utah · 2906 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.712 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 2912 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.79 km SW of Levan, Utah · 2913 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.116 km N of Fayette, Utah · 2913 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.94 km W of Clear Creek, Utah · 2928 days ago · -2 km deep · 78 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60301017 (also filed as us1000hd01). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC.