Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 32 km SE of Independence, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 32 km SE of Independence, Utah on Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 11:25 AM MDT (17:25 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 9 km SSE of Eureka, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2019-08-22 17:25:18 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.122° N, 110.954° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 48 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.618 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2594 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.617 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2594 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 1.82 km WNW of Snyderville, Utah · 2590 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.817 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2590 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.5Utah · 2586 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.714 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2584 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.718 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2583 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.818 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2581 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.610 km S of Clear Creek, Utah · 2581 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.49 km S of Clear Creek, Utah · 2581 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.89 km S of Clear Creek, Utah · 2580 days ago · -2 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.519 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2579 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.018 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2579 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.99 km SSE of Eureka, Utah · 2579 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.59 km SSE of Eureka, Utah · 2579 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.619 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2578 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.718 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2578 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.718 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2578 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.017 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2578 days ago · -3 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.619 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2578 days ago · -3 km deep · 100 km away
  21. 1.718 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2578 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.517 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2578 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 1.918 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2578 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 1.918 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2577 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.120 km SE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2577 days ago · -3 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 1.918 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2576 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 2.319 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2573 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.917 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2573 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 1.718 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2572 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.017 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2572 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.99 km WNW of Clear Creek, Utah · 2572 days ago · -3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  32. 1.817 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2571 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.918 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2571 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 1.68 km W of Clear Creek, Utah · 2571 days ago · -2 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 1.918 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2570 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 1.918 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2570 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.618 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2570 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.618 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2570 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 1.910 km WNW of Clear Creek, Utah · 2570 days ago · -2 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 1.717 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2569 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.52 km NNW of Goshen, Utah · 2566 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 23
  42. 2.017 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2566 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.217 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2566 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 1.718 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2565 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.618 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2549 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.117 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2549 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.617 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2544 days ago · -3 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.514 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2541 days ago · -2 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 1.89 km WSW of Scofield, Utah · 2601 days ago · -3 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.57 km ESE of Daniel, Utah · 2601 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.612 km WSW of Scofield, Utah · 2602 days ago · -3 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.616 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2604 days ago · -2 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.517 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2607 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.516 km SSE of Woodland Hills, Utah · 2615 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  7. 1.516 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2617 days ago · -3 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60336752. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC.