M2.2 earthquake 10 km SSW of Joseph, Utah
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Joseph, Utah on Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 6:50 AM MDT (12:50 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-05 12:50:57 UTC
- Depth
- -2.7 km (-1.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.550° N, 112.278° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.610 km NNW of Marysvale, Utah · 2948 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.68 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 2948 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 2943 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.826 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.327 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.926 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.030 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.826 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.127 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.826 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2941 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.929 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2940 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.927 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2925 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2922 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Beaver, UT · 2921 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.620 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 2919 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.830 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2918 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.827 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2916 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.129 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2916 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.631 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2915 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.61 km NNE of Marysvale, Utah · 2914 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.116 km N of Fayette, Utah · 2914 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.930 km N of Beaver, Utah · 2913 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.819 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2911 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.216 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2909 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.019 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2908 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.519 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2906 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.030 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2897 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.830 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2897 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.830 km SE of Salina, Utah · 2897 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.928 km ESE of Salina, Utah · 2897 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.530 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2897 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.630 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2897 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.529 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2896 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.430 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2896 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.94 km SSE of Bicknell, Utah · 2896 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.65 km SE of Salina, Utah · 2896 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.619 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2894 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 13
- 2.519 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2891 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.019 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2890 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 1.811 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2951 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2959 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.715 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2963 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 2963 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.713 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2964 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.811 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2966 days ago · -3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.812 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2967 days ago · -3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2967 days ago · -2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.70 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2967 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.022 km SSE of Antimony, Utah · 2977 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.826 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2977 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.926 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2978 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.827 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2978 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
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