M1.6 earthquake 3 km E of Hildale, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 3 km E of Hildale, Utah on Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 5:38 AM MDT (11:38 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 9 km S of Cedar City, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-13 11:38:02 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.007° N, 112.929° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- 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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Arizona · 2180 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Cedar City, Utah · 2178 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Pine Valley, Utah · 2174 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.14 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2172 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 1.89 km ESE of Alton, Utah · 2172 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2171 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.69 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 2170 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.012 km ESE of Springdale, Utah · 2166 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.812 km ESE of Springdale, Utah · 2166 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0Utah · 2157 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Cedar City, Utah · 2153 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.04 km SSW of Summit, Utah · 2152 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.816 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2151 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.814 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2151 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2151 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah · 2142 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of Cedar City, Utah · 2134 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.49 km S of Cedar City, Utah · 2129 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 1.714 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona · 2123 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.614 km ENE of Springdale, Utah · 2122 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 1.922 km SSW of Saint George, Utah · 2191 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.72 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2194 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.722 km SSW of Centennial Park, Arizona · 2195 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.014 km SSW of Saint George, Utah · 2207 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.81 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2208 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.513 km SSW of Saint George, Utah · 2210 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60414087. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC.