M1.9 earthquake 7 km NW of Circleville, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 7 km NW of Circleville, Utah on Sun, Jan 12, 2020, 10:47 PM MST (05:47 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 10 km NNE of Minersville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-13 05:47:36 UTC
- Depth
- 2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.216° N, 112.333° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.614 km NE of Junction, Utah · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2452 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.910 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2450 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 191
- 1.711 km NNE of Minersville, UT · 2450 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Minersville, Utah · 2450 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Utah · 2450 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2450 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.810 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2449 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 2448 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.411 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2448 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.010 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.63 km N of Antimony, Utah · 2443 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.51 km SW of Enoch, Utah · 2443 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.918 km E of Antimony, Utah · 2442 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.210 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2435 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 1.811 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2434 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.631 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2433 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.07 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2431 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.411 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2426 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2417 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2410 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Enoch, Utah · 2405 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 2.114 km NE of Junction, Utah · 2405 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60356692. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.