Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 7 km SSW of Joseph, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Joseph, Utah on Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 11:42 PM MST (06:42 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 8 km SW of Kanosh, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2019-01-19 06:42:16 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.565° N, 112.251° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.28
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
65°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.85 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2809 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.59 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2799 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.66 km W of Koosharem, Utah · 2793 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.816 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2789 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.917 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2789 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.915 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2789 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  7. 1.615 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2789 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.815 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2789 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.813 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2789 days ago · -3 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.815 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2789 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.816 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2789 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.915 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.716 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.816 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.618 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 1.617 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.115 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.815 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.015 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.516 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 1.914 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.614 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · -2 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.715 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · -2 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 1.616 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 1.618 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2788 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 1.617 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2787 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 2.015 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2787 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.017 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2787 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.717 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2787 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  30. 1.518 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2787 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 1.815 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2787 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.217 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2787 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.718 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2787 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.517 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.530 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 1.516 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.815 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.717 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.615 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  40. 1.819 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 1.721 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 2786 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 1.721 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 2786 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 1.916 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 1.618 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 1.617 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 2.016 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
  47. 1.616 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.816 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2786 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
  49. 1.816 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2785 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 2.010 km NNE of Panguitch, Utah · 2784 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.79 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2784 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 3.39 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2784 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 19
  53. 2.017 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2784 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 1.716 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2784 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  55. 2.016 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2784 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.016 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2784 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 1.7Utah · 2783 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  58. 1.916 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2782 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.914 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2781 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 2.27 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 2780 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 119.

Before

  1. 1.820 km NNE of Paragonah, Utah · 2813 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.87 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2817 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.58 km N of Marysvale, Utah · 2817 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.80 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 2820 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.68 km NNW of Marysvale, Utah · 2827 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.98 km SW of Joseph, Utah · 2827 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.95 km SW of Joseph, Utah · 2827 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.58 km NE of Fremont, Utah · 2827 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.65 km SW of Joseph, Utah · 2827 days ago · -3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.87 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2829 days ago · -1 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 1.88 km SW of Joseph, Utah · 2829 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.78 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2829 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.9Utah · 2829 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
  14. 2.319 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2832 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.57 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2833 days ago · -3 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.1Utah · 2835 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.3Utah · 2836 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.58 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2837 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.014 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 2838 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 1.610 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2840 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60309997. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC.