Utah earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 8 km SW of Kanosh, Utah

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Kanosh, Utah on Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 12:05 AM MST (07:05 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 28 km W of Kanosh, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
Magnitude from: University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time: Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 12:05 AM MST
UTC: 2019-02-20 07:05:35 UTC
Depth: 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 38.737° N, 112.496° W
Region: Utah
Felt reports: 85
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
PAGER alert: Green
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
4.04	ML, local (Richter)	University of Utah Seismograph Stations	Preferred · Final · ±0.137 · 22 stations
4.0	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.033 · 89 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: 110.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.4 cm/s
Map: Automatic

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

Did you feel it?

85 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

Deaths: estimated chance of each range
Range	Chance
Under 1	69%
1 to 10	29%
10 to 100	2%
100 to 1,000	Under 1%
1,000 to 10,000	Under 1%
10,000 to 100,000	Under 1%
100,000 to 10,000,000	Under 1%

Economic losses: estimated chance of each range
Range, million USD	Chance
Under 1	65%
1 to 10	30%
10 to 100	4%
100 to 1,000	Under 1%
1,000 to 10,000	Under 1%
10,000 to 100,000	Under 1%
100,000 to 10,000,000	Under 1%

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.14
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 45°
Stations used: 27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 101.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60313397 (also filed as uu60313402, us2000jkhg). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:36 AM UTC.