M1.5 earthquake 20 km S of Independence, Utah
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km S of Independence, Utah on Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 10:01 PM MDT (04:01 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-12 04:01:44 UTC
- Depth
- 12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.124° N, 111.223° 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, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.01
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.618 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 3035 days ago · -2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.74 km SSE of Charleston, Utah · 3027 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.38 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 3025 days ago · -3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.88 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 3023 days ago · -3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km WNW of Genola, Utah · 3016 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 3007 days ago · -3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.315 km WNW of Orangeville, Utah · 2995 days ago · -2 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60285557. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC.