M1.7 earthquake Arizona
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Arizona on Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 12:10 PM MST (19:10 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 9 km S of Cedar City, 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
- 2020-10-13 19:10:39 UTC
- Depth
- 17.9 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.962° N, 112.889° W
- Region
- Arizona
- 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.710 km NW of Cedar City, Utah · 2177 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Pine Valley, Utah · 2173 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.14 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2172 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 1.89 km ESE of Alton, Utah · 2171 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2171 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.69 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 2170 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.012 km ESE of Springdale, Utah · 2166 days ago · 18 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.812 km ESE of Springdale, Utah · 2165 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.0Utah · 2156 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Cedar City, Utah · 2153 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.04 km SSW of Summit, Utah · 2151 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2151 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2150 days ago · -2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2150 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah · 2142 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2133 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.49 km S of Cedar City, Utah · 2129 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 1.714 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona · 2122 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.614 km ENE of Springdale, Utah · 2122 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 1.63 km E of Hildale, Utah · 2180 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.922 km SSW of Saint George, Utah · 2190 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.72 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2194 days ago · 20 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.722 km SSW of Centennial Park, Arizona · 2194 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.014 km SSW of Saint George, Utah · 2206 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.81 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2207 days ago · 17 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.513 km SSW of Saint George, Utah · 2209 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60023889. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.