M1.9 earthquake 14 km WNW of Emery, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Emery, Utah on Sat, Oct 24, 2020, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 17 km ESE of Castle Dale, 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 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-25 01:13:43 UTC
- Depth
- -0.9 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.972° N, 111.402° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.18 km NW of Helper, UT · 2168 days ago · -3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.09 km NW of Fairview, Utah · 2155 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.94 km NNE of Helper, Utah · 2154 days ago · -3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Levan, Utah · 2151 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.99.8 km NW of Scipio, UT · 2149 days ago · -3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.69.4 km ESE of Hiawatha, UT · 2149 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.7Utah · 2143 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 2140 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.75 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2139 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.66 km E of Kenilworth, Utah · 2136 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2127 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2123 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.519 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 2122 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.928 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2121 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.631 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2120 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.417 km ESE of Castle Dale, Utah · 2117 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 1.510 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 2176 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Aurora, Utah · 2176 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2179 days ago · -2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2180 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.77 km E of Kenilworth, Utah · 2180 days ago · -2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Sigurd, Utah · 2181 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.93 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 2192 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.918 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2193 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2197 days ago · -3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.612 km N of Scipio, Utah · 2198 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Joseph, Utah · 2200 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60415932. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:53 AM UTC.