M1.8 earthquake 16 km SSE of Saint George, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Saint George, Utah on Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 8:50 AM MST (15:50 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 14 km SW of Enterprise, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-06 15:50:46 UTC
- Depth
- 10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.968° N, 113.509° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.47
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2825 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.119 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 12
- 1.8Utah · 2825 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2824 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.018 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2824 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 1.817 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2824 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.713 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2823 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2823 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2822 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2822 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.717 km NW of Veyo, Utah · 2821 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2820 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.220 km NNW of Mesquite, Nevada · 2820 days ago · -3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.913 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2820 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.213 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2819 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2819 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2819 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.634 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2817 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.814 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2817 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.814 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2817 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 220
- 1.714 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2816 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.641 km WSW of Veyo, Utah · 2815 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.613 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.712 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2815 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.413 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2815 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.915 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.013 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2815 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.214 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2815 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2811 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2803 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.713 km SSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2799 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.217 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2797 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 2.113 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2796 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.64 km NE of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 2795 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2791 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.19 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2789 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 9
- 2.634 km NNW of Supai, Arizona · 2787 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 1.720 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2782 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2781 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2778 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 25
- 1.69 km W of Enoch, Utah · 2778 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2778 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2775 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.613 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2772 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 1.812 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2772 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2772 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2772 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.014 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2771 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 2.413 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2771 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2771 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2771 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 2770 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 1.811 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona · 2832 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.32 km NNE of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 2832 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.98 km N of Moccasin, Arizona · 2834 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 2837 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2841 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 1.617 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2841 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2842 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 94
- 1.51 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2847 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2847 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.624 km ESE of Littlefield, Arizona · 2853 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.612 km ESE of Kanab, Utah · 2855 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
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