M2.5 earthquake 33 km NNW of Supai, Arizona

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 33 km NNW of Supai, Arizona on Tue, Nov 6, 2018, 8:35 PM MST (03:35 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 17 km SSE of Saint George, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.041 · 78 stations
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.21 · 7 stations

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i7te (also filed as nn00664580). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.