M1.5 earthquake 17 km SW of Circleville, Utah
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Circleville, Utah on Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 12:57 AM MDT (06:57 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 5 km SW of Circleville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-14 06:57:23 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.082° N, 112.437° 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, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.65 km N of Panguitch, Utah · 2179 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Sigurd, Utah · 2179 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.25 km W of Circleville, Utah · 2178 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.823 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Cedar City, Utah · 2177 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.64 km W of Circleville, Utah · 2177 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.14 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2171 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 2.36 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2171 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.89 km ESE of Alton, Utah · 2171 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2169 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.26 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2168 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.44 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2167 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.11 km NE of Beaver, Utah · 2164 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.720 km WSW of Minersville, Utah · 2161 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0Utah · 2156 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Cedar City, Utah · 2153 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.04 km SSW of Summit, Utah · 2151 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2151 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2151 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2150 days ago · -2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2150 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2149 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2149 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.55.4 km WNW of Minersville, UT · 2147 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.323.9 km NNE of Kanosh, UT · 2143 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah · 2141 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2133 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Circleville, Utah · 2132 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Circleville, Utah · 2132 days ago · -3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.49 km S of Cedar City, Utah · 2129 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 2.35 km NNE of Panguitch, Utah · 2180 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.526 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2182 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.75 km N of Panguitch, Utah · 2182 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.015 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2182 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.516 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2190 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2190 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.616 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2190 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
- 2.215 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2190 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2190 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.014 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2190 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 2.615 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2190 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 4.415 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2190 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 274
- 2.55 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2191 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Circleville, Utah · 2191 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.87 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2193 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 1.925 km WSW of Minersville, Utah · 2193 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.125 km WSW of Minersville, Utah · 2193 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Joseph, Utah · 2198 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.426 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2209 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
Earthquakes todayUtah earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60414227. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC.