M1.6 earthquake 2 km SSE of Bluffdale, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Bluffdale, Utah on Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 1:15 PM MDT (19:15 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 4 km SSW of Daniel, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-20 19:15:17 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.465° N, 111.930° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.85 km SSW of Bingham Canyon, Utah · 2754 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.33 km SSW of Bluffdale, Utah · 2754 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 50
- 2.23 km SSW of Bluffdale, Utah · 2754 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 20
- 2.22 km SSW of Bluffdale, Utah · 2745 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 35
- 1.93 km SSW of Bluffdale, Utah · 2745 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 1.75 km W of Salt Lake City, Utah · 2743 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.40 km NNW of Saratoga Springs, Utah · 2734 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 77
- 1.60 km NE of Saratoga Springs, Utah · 2734 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.73 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2730 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.64 km SSW of Daniel, Utah · 2725 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 29
- 1.917 km N of Scofield, Utah · 2725 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Wallsburg, Utah · 2716 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.721 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2699 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 2.32 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2759 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 15
- 2.00 km WNW of Mona, Utah · 2759 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.52 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2771 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 506
- 1.82 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2771 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.52 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2775 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.61 km SSE of Bluffdale, Utah · 2779 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.61 km SSE of Bluffdale, Utah · 2779 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.61 km SSE of Bluffdale, Utah · 2781 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.71 km SE of Bluffdale, Utah · 2781 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.11 km SSW of Bluffdale, Utah · 2781 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3,638
- 2.52 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2783 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1,065
- 2.21 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2783 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 43
- 1.70 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2783 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.91 km SSW of Bluffdale, Utah · 2783 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.82 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2784 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.62 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2785 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.61 km S of Bluffdale, Utah · 2785 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60317302. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.