M2.2 earthquake 1 km NW of Loa, Utah
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 1 km NW of Loa, Utah on Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 11:00 PM MDT (05:00 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 2 km NW of Loa, 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
- 2018-03-22 05:00:10 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.411° N, 111.654° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.61 km NNW of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.01 km WNW of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.12 km NNW of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
- 1.72 km W of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.81 km WNW of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.61 km NW of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.61 km NW of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 16 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.71 km WNW of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.71 km NNW of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.83 km NW of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.81 km WNW of Loa, Utah · 3117 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Marysvale, Utah · 3116 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.61 km NW of Loa, Utah · 3111 days ago · 17 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 1.71 km WNW of Loa, Utah · 3110 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.821 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 3110 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.41 km NNW of Loa, Utah · 3110 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.21 km NW of Loa, Utah · 3106 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.52 km NW of Loa, Utah · 3105 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 18
- 1.81 km NNW of Loa, Utah · 3105 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.318 km N of Panguitch, Utah · 3102 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 3101 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.07 km ESE of Monroe, Utah · 3100 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.821 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 3088 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of Kanosh, Utah · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Kanosh, Utah · 3083 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.79 km SSE of Kanosh, Utah · 3083 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Kanosh, Utah · 3083 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Kanosh, Utah · 3083 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.78 km ESE of Glenwood, Utah · 3072 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Scipio, Utah · 3066 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 1.72 km NW of Loa, Utah · 3118 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.01 km NNW of Loa, Utah · 3118 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.81 km NW of Loa, Utah · 3118 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.81 km NW of Loa, Utah · 3118 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.01 km NW of Loa, Utah · 3118 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10
- 1.60 km N of Joseph, Utah · 3131 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Marysvale, Utah · 3132 days ago · -2 km deep · 55 km away
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