Utah earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah on Sun, Mar 3, 2019, 9:10 AM MST (16:10 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time: Sun, Mar 3, 2019, 9:10 AM MST
UTC: 2019-03-03 16:10:22 UTC
Depth: 6.5 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.494° N, 113.849° W
Region: Utah
Felt reports: 4
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
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.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.98	ML, local (Richter)	University of Utah Seismograph Stations	Preferred · Final · ±0.133 · 10 stations
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.133 · 10 stations
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.29 · 23 stations

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 81.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.2 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.13
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 51°
Stations used: 20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60315042 (also filed as nn00679217, us1000ja5g). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC.