Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 10 km NW of Fayette, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Fayette, Utah on Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 9:21 AM MDT (15:21 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 28 km SE of Mapleton, UT. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2020-10-19 15:21:38 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.284° N, 111.946° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.33
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
92°
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: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.914 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2168 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.09 km NW of Fairview, Utah · 2153 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.56 km SW of Levan, Utah · 2149 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.99.8 km NW of Scipio, UT · 2148 days ago · -3 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.69.4 km ESE of Hiawatha, UT · 2148 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.627 km ESE of Mapleton, UT · 2146 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.928 km SE of Mapleton, UT · 2146 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 10
  8. 2.014.8 km N of Woodland Hills, UT · 2146 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.627.6 km WNW of Mapleton, UT · 2145 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.323.9 km NNE of Kanosh, UT · 2143 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.59 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 2138 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.928 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2119 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.631 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2118 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.417 km ESE of Castle Dale, Utah · 2115 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 1.912 km NW of Aurora, Utah · 2174 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.712 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2178 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.823 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.75 km NW of Sigurd, Utah · 2179 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.526 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2182 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.93 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 2191 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 1.918 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2192 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.69 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2195 days ago · -3 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.612 km N of Scipio, Utah · 2197 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.79 km NNW of Joseph, Utah · 2198 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.819 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2203 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.520 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2203 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.719 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2203 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.520 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2204 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60415097. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.