M2.0 earthquake 16 km N of Koosharem, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16 km N of Koosharem, Utah on Thu, Jan 9, 2020, 12:16 PM MST (19:16 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 10 km NNE of Minersville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-09 19:16:06 UTC
- Depth
- 15.4 km (9.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.654° N, 111.865° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.97 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2454 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.614 km NE of Junction, Utah · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.910 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2450 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 191
- 1.711 km NNE of Minersville, UT · 2450 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Minersville, Utah · 2450 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.926 km W of Emery, Utah · 2450 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.6Utah · 2449 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2449 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.810 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2449 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 2448 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.411 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2447 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.010 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.112 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2446 days ago · -2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.63 km N of Antimony, Utah · 2443 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.918 km E of Antimony, Utah · 2442 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.210 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Minersville, Utah · 2435 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 1.631 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2433 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Spring City, Utah · 2429 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.014 km N of Scipio, Utah · 2420 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.816 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2420 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.915 km WSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2417 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.528 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2410 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.114 km NE of Junction, Utah · 2404 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 1.512 km NE of Junction, Utah · 2460 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2460 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.827 km W of Emery, Utah · 2463 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.426 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2463 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2469 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2469 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2470 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.619 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2475 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 2475 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Emery, Utah · 2475 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.024 km NW of Escalante, Utah · 2487 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60356457. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:35 AM UTC.