M1.9 earthquake 10 km NW of Fairview, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Fairview, Utah on Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 10:31 PM MDT (04:31 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 8 km ENE of Kenilworth, 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
- 2020-09-08 04:31:54 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.691° N, 111.524° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.920 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah · 2209 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.520 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2204 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.719 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2203 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.520 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2203 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2203 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.612 km N of Scipio, Utah · 2197 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2195 days ago · -3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.918 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2192 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.93 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 2191 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.38 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2179 days ago · -3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 1.77 km E of Kenilworth, Utah · 2178 days ago · -2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2178 days ago · -2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2178 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2178 days ago · -2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2178 days ago · -2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Aurora, Utah · 2174 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 2174 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2171 days ago · -2 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.719 km NW of East Carbon City, Utah · 2170 days ago · -3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2169 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Helper, UT · 2166 days ago · -3 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 1.58 km N of Helper, Utah · 2216 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Helper, Utah · 2223 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km NNW of Helper, Utah · 2224 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.619 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 2227 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2229 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.63 km N of Scofield, Utah · 2234 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60408672. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC.