Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 7 km ESE of Daniel, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Daniel, Utah on Sun, Aug 18, 2019, 7:59 AM MDT (13:59 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 9 km SSE of Eureka, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2019-08-18 13:59:31 UTC
Depth
13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.454° N, 111.334° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
22

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.89 km WSW of Scofield, Utah · 2604 days ago · -3 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.532 km SE of Independence, Utah · 2600 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.82 km WNW of Snyderville, Utah · 2593 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.913 km SW of Echo, Utah · 2590 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.5Utah · 2589 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.99 km SSE of Eureka, Utah · 2582 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.59 km SSE of Eureka, Utah · 2582 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.99 km WNW of Clear Creek, Utah · 2574 days ago · -3 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.68 km W of Clear Creek, Utah · 2573 days ago · -2 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.910 km WNW of Clear Creek, Utah · 2573 days ago · -2 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.52 km NNW of Goshen, Utah · 2568 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 23
  12. 2.09 km SSW of Henefer, Utah · 2566 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.921 km ESE of Evanston, Wyoming · 2545 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 1.612 km WSW of Scofield, Utah · 2605 days ago · -3 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.516 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 2617 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  3. 1.610 km WNW of Clear Creek, Utah · 2632 days ago · -3 km deep · 87 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60336237. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC.