M1.7 earthquake 72 km ENE of Montello, Nevada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 72 km ENE of Montello, Nevada on Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 10:13 PM MDT (04:13 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km ENE of Howell, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-13 04:13:17 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.495° N, 113.388° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.95 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 2567 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 183
- 1.95 km NE of Howell, Utah · 2562 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 2556 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.917 km W of Corinne, Utah · 2552 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.64 km NE of Howell, Utah · 2541 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 2541 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.520 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 2536 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.720 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 2534 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.25 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 2534 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60341077. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.