M1.7 earthquake 10 km NW of Helper, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Helper, Utah on Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 12:50 PM MST (19:50 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 0 km WSW of Payson, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-12 19:50:47 UTC
- Depth
- -0.1 km (-0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.745° N, 110.942° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 171°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.017 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2513 days ago · -3 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 1.91 km W of Payson, Utah · 2509 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 9
- 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2509 days ago · -1 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.40 km WSW of Payson, Utah · 2509 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 17
- 1.81 km WSW of Payson, Utah · 2509 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.117 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2509 days ago · -3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.017 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2508 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2507 days ago · -3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2507 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2507 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2507 days ago · -3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.67 km W of Independence, Utah · 2507 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.718 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2502 days ago · -3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2496 days ago · -2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2488 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.016 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2486 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2486 days ago · -3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.017 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2485 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2481 days ago · -3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.016 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2481 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2475 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.526 km S of Independence, Utah · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.99 km SE of Independence, Utah · 2462 days ago · 23 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 1.511 km ESE of Woodland, Utah · 2520 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Fairview, Utah · 2522 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Scofield, Utah · 2522 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Scofield, Utah · 2522 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2524 days ago · -3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.812 km SW of Charleston, Utah · 2524 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 1.911 km ESE of Woodland, Utah · 2527 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.72 km NNW of Ephraim, Utah · 2529 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.921 km W of Nephi, Utah · 2531 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 2537 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2541 days ago · -2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2544 days ago · -3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.715 km E of Manti, Utah · 2545 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60349802. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC.