Utah earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 11 km NW of Emery, Utah

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Emery, Utah on Sun, May 10, 2020, 3:28 AM MDT (09:28 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 17 km WNW of Emery, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2020-05-10 09:28:05 UTC
Depth
-1.9 km (-1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.986° N, 111.362° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.69 km NW of Huntington, Utah · 2335 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.917 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2330 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.015 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2329 days ago · -2 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.818 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2329 days ago · -2 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.65 km NW of Helper, Utah · 2317 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.73 km E of Leamington, Utah · 2314 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.97 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 2300 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.63 km NNW of Kenilworth, Utah · 2299 days ago · -3 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.022 km ESE of Ferron, Utah · 2288 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.717 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2287 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away

Before

  1. 1.615 km SE of Clawson, Utah · 2339 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.014 km SE of Clawson, Utah · 2339 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.615 km SE of Clawson, Utah · 2339 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.616 km SE of Clawson, Utah · 2339 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.815 km SE of Clawson, Utah · 2340 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.015 km SE of Clawson, Utah · 2340 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.515 km SE of Clawson, Utah · 2340 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 1.76 km SE of Joseph, Utah · 2344 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.916 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2344 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.319 km E of Mayfield, Utah · 2345 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.721 km ESE of Mayfield, Utah · 2349 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 8
  12. 1.515 km S of Sunnyside, Utah · 2362 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60385207. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC.