M2.0 earthquake 17 km SW of Emery, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Emery, Utah on Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 10:28 AM MST (17:28 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 26 km WSW of Emery, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-22 17:28:47 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.831° N, 111.420° 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, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.918 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2475 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2475 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2470 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2469 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2469 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.426 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2463 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.827 km W of Emery, Utah · 2462 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2459 days ago · -2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.512 km NE of Junction, Utah · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.016 km N of Koosharem, Utah · 2457 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.614 km NE of Junction, Utah · 2452 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.926 km W of Emery, Utah · 2450 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6Utah · 2449 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 2448 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.112 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2446 days ago · -2 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.63 km N of Antimony, Utah · 2443 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.918 km E of Antimony, Utah · 2442 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.920 km SE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 2434 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.631 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2433 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Spring City, Utah · 2429 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2428 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.610 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2424 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.014 km N of Scipio, Utah · 2420 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2420 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.816 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2419 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
Before
- 1.612 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2487 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2501 days ago · -3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.716 km SSE of Salina, Utah · 2502 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2504 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.710 km S of Marysvale, Utah · 2504 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.017 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2505 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60355252. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:33 PM UTC.