M1.9 earthquake 28 km N of Fremont, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 28 km N of Fremont, Utah on Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 2:05 AM MST (09:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 9 km NW 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-13 09:05:09 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.714° N, 111.630° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 19
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.631 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2120 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2118 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.417 km ESE of Castle Dale, Utah · 2117 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2116 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2114 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.9Utah · 2114 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2111 days ago · -3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2111 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Marysvale, Utah · 2109 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.26 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2103 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2103 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Beaver, Utah · 2098 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.818 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2091 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 2087 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 2077 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.66 km S of Fountain Green, Utah · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 1.519 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 2121 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Circleville, Utah · 2133 days ago · -3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Circleville, Utah · 2133 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 2140 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.7Utah · 2143 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.323.9 km NNE of Kanosh, UT · 2145 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.99.8 km NW of Scipio, UT · 2149 days ago · -3 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60421747. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:11 PM UTC.