Utah earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 17 km SSE of Saint George, Utah

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Saint George, Utah on Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 5:09 PM MST (00:09 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time: Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 5:09 PM MST
UTC: 2018-12-23 00:09:17 UTC
Depth: 8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 36.953° N, 113.519° W
Region: Utah
Felt reports: 94
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.89	ML, local (Richter)	University of Utah Seismograph Stations	Preferred · Final · ±0.234 · 11 stations
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.234 · 11 stations
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.23 · 20 stations

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 39.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.1 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

94 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.23
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 69°
Stations used: 26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60307942 (also filed as us2000iwgl, nn00671575). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:57 AM UTC.