M1.7 earthquake Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Utah on Wed, May 22, 2019, 9:39 AM MDT (15:39 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 9 km WNW of Sigurd, 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
- 2019-05-22 15:39:07 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.483° N, 112.857° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.17 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2684 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.24 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 2684 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Joseph, Utah · 2682 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Joseph, Utah · 2682 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Joseph, Utah · 2680 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.69 km WNW of Sigurd, Utah · 2680 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.45 km SW of Joseph, Utah · 2680 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km ENE of Marysvale, Utah · 2672 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.517 km NE of Milford, Utah · 2671 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.79 km S of Beaver, Utah · 2668 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.719 km N of Beryl Junction, Utah · 2660 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.025 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2647 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.616 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2643 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2639 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2638 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.66 km S of Joseph, Utah · 2638 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Paragonah, Utah · 2635 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.815 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 2631 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 1.917 km NE of Milford, Utah · 2689 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.09 km SSW of Milford, Utah · 2697 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.94 km W of Circleville, Utah · 2698 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.86 km N of Joseph, Utah · 2702 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 2707 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.523 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2716 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60325612. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.