M2.0 earthquake 12 km ESE of Kanab, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 12 km ESE of Kanab, Utah on Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 9:36 AM MDT (15:36 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 10 km SE of Alton, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-17 15:36:05 UTC
- Depth
- 20.4 km (12.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.023° N, 112.388° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.612 km ESE of Kanab, Utah · 2993 days ago · 21 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.810 km W of Hatch, Utah · 2991 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.70 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.820 km NW of Bitter Springs, Arizona · 2965 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 2963 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.516 km E of Fredonia, Arizona · 2949 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Leeds, Utah · 2947 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Alton, Utah · 2939 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60289137. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.