M1.6 earthquake 31 km N of Fremont, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 31 km N of Fremont, Utah on Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 9:41 PM MST (04:41 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-14 04:41:58 UTC
- Depth
- 7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.738° N, 111.609° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 229°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.57 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2117 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.417 km ESE of Castle Dale, Utah · 2115 days ago · 18 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2115 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2113 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9Utah · 2113 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2110 days ago · -3 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2110 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Marysvale, Utah · 2108 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.26 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2102 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2102 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Beaver, Utah · 2096 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.818 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2090 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 2086 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.520 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 2075 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.66 km S of Fountain Green, Utah · 2075 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 1.928 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2119 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.519 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 2120 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Circleville, Utah · 2132 days ago · -3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Circleville, Utah · 2132 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 2139 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.7Utah · 2142 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.323.9 km NNE of Kanosh, UT · 2144 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.69.4 km ESE of Hiawatha, UT · 2148 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.99.8 km NW of Scipio, UT · 2148 days ago · -3 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60421842. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC.