M1.5 earthquake 10 km NW of Panguitch, Utah
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Panguitch, Utah on Tue, Aug 21, 2018, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC), 4 km (3 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-21 23:59:35 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.879° N, 112.536° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.715 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2964 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2960 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.811 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2952 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.210 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2949 days ago · -3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Marysvale, Utah · 2949 days ago · -3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.68 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 2949 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.520 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2948 days ago · -3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 2944 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.626 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2943 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.826 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2943 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.327 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2943 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.926 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2943 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.030 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2943 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.826 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.127 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2943 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.826 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2942 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.929 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2941 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.510 km SE of Alton, Utah · 2939 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.81 km WSW of Enoch, Utah · 2937 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Enoch, Utah · 2937 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8Utah · 2933 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2928 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.927 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2926 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.512 km ESE of Kanab, Utah · 2924 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2923 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.617 km NNW of Beaver, UT · 2922 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.620 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 2920 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 2917 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.827 km W of Kanosh, Utah · 2917 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.612 km E of Kanab, Utah · 2917 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.61 km NNE of Marysvale, Utah · 2915 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Enoch, Utah · 2914 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.82 km WSW of Enoch, Utah · 2914 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.71 km SW of Enoch, Utah · 2914 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.930 km N of Beaver, Utah · 2914 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.819 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2912 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.216 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2910 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.91 km WSW of Enoch, Utah · 2910 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.019 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2909 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.519 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2907 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.915 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2907 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 1.70 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.936 km W of Milford, Utah · 2974 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.022 km SSE of Antimony, Utah · 2978 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.826 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2978 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.827 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2978 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.914 km S of Beaver, Utah · 2985 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.810 km W of Hatch, Utah · 2991 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
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