M1.6 earthquake 17 km SSE of Saint George, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Saint George, Utah on Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 7:01 PM MST (02:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-23 02:01:58 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.952° N, 113.516° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- 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: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.616 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2840 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km NNE of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 2836 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.98 km N of Moccasin, Arizona · 2833 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.32 km NNE of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 2831 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona · 2831 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2826 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2823 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.119 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2823 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 12
- 1.8Utah · 2823 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2823 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.018 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 1.817 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2823 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.713 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2821 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2821 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2821 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2821 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.717 km NW of Veyo, Utah · 2820 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2819 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.220 km NNW of Mesquite, Nevada · 2819 days ago · -3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.913 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2819 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2819 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.213 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2818 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2818 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2818 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.634 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2816 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.814 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2815 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.814 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2815 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 220
- 1.714 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2815 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Veyo, Utah · 2814 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2814 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.613 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2814 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.712 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2814 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.413 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2814 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.915 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2814 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.013 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2814 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.214 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2813 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2810 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2802 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.713 km SSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2798 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.217 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2796 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 2.113 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2795 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.64 km NE of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 2794 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2790 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.19 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2788 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 9
- 2.634 km NNW of Supai, Arizona · 2786 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 1.720 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2781 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 2.917 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2840 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 94
- 1.51 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2846 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2846 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.624 km ESE of Littlefield, Arizona · 2852 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.82 km NE of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 2867 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Veyo, Utah · 2870 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
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