M1.8 earthquake 5 km WSW of Kanab, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Kanab, Utah on Tue, Nov 20, 2018, 7:32 AM MST (14:32 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 19 km SSE of Saint George, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-20 14:32:29 UTC
- Depth
- 11.4 km (7.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.027° N, 112.587° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.610 km NW of Alton, Utah · 2865 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.616 km ESE of Fredonia, Arizona · 2862 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.012 km ESE of Kanab, Utah · 2856 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Kanab, Utah · 2854 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.51 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2847 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2845 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.51 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2845 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.521 km ESE of Fredonia, Arizona · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2840 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 94
- 1.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2840 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2839 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km N of Moccasin, Arizona · 2833 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona · 2830 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2825 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2823 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.119 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2823 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 12
- 1.8Utah · 2823 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2823 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.018 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.817 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2823 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2820 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2818 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2817 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2817 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.634 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2815 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 1.96 km WSW of Kanab, Utah · 2872 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.77 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 2873 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.533 km NNW of Supai, Arizona · 2886 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.611 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 2888 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.019 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2889 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.535 km NNW of Supai, Arizona · 2889 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
- 1.712 km ESE of Kanab, Utah · 2889 days ago · 21 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.76 km N of Alton, Utah · 2890 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.912 km ESE of Hatch, Utah · 2892 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.113 km E of Supai, Arizona · 2896 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2896 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.88 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2896 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.59 km W of Enoch, Utah · 2896 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.61 km S of Enoch, Utah · 2901 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60305017. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC.