M1.7 earthquake 19 km WNW of Levan, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 19 km WNW of Levan, Utah on Sat, Sep 19, 2020, 8:23 PM MDT (02:23 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 28 km SE of Mapleton, UT. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-20 02:23:35 UTC
- Depth
- -0.5 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.640° N, 112.067° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 26
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.520 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2204 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.819 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2204 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.612 km N of Scipio, Utah · 2197 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2195 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.918 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2192 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.93 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 2191 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Sigurd, Utah · 2180 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.712 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2178 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Aurora, Utah · 2175 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 2174 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2169 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Helper, UT · 2166 days ago · -3 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.09 km NW of Fairview, Utah · 2154 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Levan, Utah · 2150 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.99.8 km NW of Scipio, UT · 2148 days ago · -3 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.69.4 km ESE of Hiawatha, UT · 2148 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.627 km ESE of Mapleton, UT · 2146 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.928 km SE of Mapleton, UT · 2146 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 10
- 2.014.8 km N of Woodland Hills, UT · 2146 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.627.6 km WNW of Mapleton, UT · 2145 days ago · 17 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 2.520 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2204 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.920 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah · 2209 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Fairview, Utah · 2216 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Helper, Utah · 2223 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619 km NNW of Fayette, Utah · 2227 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60411687. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:37 AM UTC.