Utah earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 13 km SW of Enterprise, Utah

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km SW of Enterprise, Utah on Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 2:08 PM MST (21:08 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2019-01-18 21:08:59 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.498° N, 113.841° W
Region
Utah
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
1.99ML, local (Richter)University of Utah Seismograph StationsPreferred · Final · ±0.065 · 2 stations
1.8ML, local (Richter)Nevada Seismological LaboratoryReviewed · ±0.42 · 6 stations

Did you feel it?

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

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60309972 (also filed as nn00674918). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:02 PM UTC.