M1.6 earthquake 4 km NE of Howell, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Howell, Utah on Sun, Oct 20, 2019, 3:21 PM MDT (21:21 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 6 km WSW of Corinne, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-20 21:21:22 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.821° N, 112.396° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.74 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 2539 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.813 km E of Millville, Utah · 2537 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.520 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 2535 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.720 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 2533 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.25 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 2515 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 13
- 1.920 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 2496 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.820 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 2488 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 1.917 km W of Corinne, Utah · 2550 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 2555 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.59 km W of Paris, Idaho · 2561 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Howell, Utah · 2561 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.95 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 2566 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 183
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60346067. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:52 AM UTC.