M1.9 earthquake 15 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah on Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 11:59 AM MST (18:59 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 20 km ENE of Milford, 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
- 2020-02-18 18:59:49 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.770° N, 112.611° 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, 13.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.528 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2410 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.114 km NE of Junction, Utah · 2404 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.93 km E of Marysvale, Utah · 2392 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.720 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2375 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.314 km SE of Glenwood, Utah · 2373 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2371 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2371 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.99 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2370 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Paragonah, Utah · 2362 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.028 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 2359 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.520 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 2358 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 2358 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 2.014 km N of Scipio, Utah · 2420 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 2427 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.631 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2433 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2435 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 1.79 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.210 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.63 km N of Antimony, Utah · 2443 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.010 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60360407. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.