M1.6 earthquake 16 km SE of Hatch, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Hatch, Utah on Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 3:17 PM MDT (21:17 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 9 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona. 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
- 2020-04-24 21:17:45 UTC
- Depth
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.533° N, 112.323° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 12
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 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.314 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 2349 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.910 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 2347 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.811 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 2345 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.86 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2344 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.819 km SW of Marysvale, Utah · 2338 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Fredonia, Arizona · 2335 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.68 km ESE of Panguitch, Utah · 2332 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.13 km SW of Centennial Park, Arizona · 2330 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.49 km S of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2329 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.89 km W of Circleville, Utah · 2326 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.523 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2318 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.817 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2317 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 2313 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 2313 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.05 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2305 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 2.312 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2357 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.75 km ENE of Hildale, Utah · 2358 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Paragonah, Utah · 2362 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.31 km NNW of Parowan, Utah · 2366 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 1.76 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 2367 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.86 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 2367 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km N of Parowan, Utah · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 1.620 km N of Springdale, Utah · 2370 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.99 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2371 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.79 km E of Hatch, Utah · 2371 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2371 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2371 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2374 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.720 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2375 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.76 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 2378 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60381702. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.