M2.1 earthquake 14 km NE of Junction, Utah
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 14 km NE of Junction, Utah on Mon, Mar 2, 2020, 8:19 AM MST (15:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 21 km ESE of Mayfield, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-02 15:19:33 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.343° N, 112.120° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.93 km E of Marysvale, Utah · 2392 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.620 km SSW of Emery, Utah · 2376 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.621 km SSW of Emery, Utah · 2376 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.521 km SSW of Emery, Utah · 2376 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.918 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2375 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.720 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2375 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.314 km SE of Glenwood, Utah · 2373 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2371 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2370 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.79 km E of Hatch, Utah · 2370 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.99 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2370 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.92 km N of Parowan, Utah · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.31 km NNW of Parowan, Utah · 2366 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 2.014 km NW of Paragonah, Utah · 2362 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.028 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 2359 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.520 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 2358 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 2358 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 2357 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Hatch, Utah · 2351 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.525 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2349 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.314 km SW of Antimony, Utah · 2349 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.721 km ESE of Mayfield, Utah · 2347 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 8
- 1.811 km SSW of Hatch, Utah · 2345 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 1.528 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2410 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2417 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.816 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2420 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.411 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2426 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.07 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2431 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.631 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2433 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2434 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60361852. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC.