Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 6 km SW of Levan, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Levan, Utah on Thu, Nov 12, 2020, 7:49 PM MST (02:49 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 28 km SE of Mapleton, UT. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2020-11-13 02:49:17 UTC
Depth
12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.518° N, 111.918° 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, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.99.8 km NW of Scipio, UT · 2150 days ago · -3 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.69.4 km ESE of Hiawatha, UT · 2150 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.627 km ESE of Mapleton, UT · 2148 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.928 km SE of Mapleton, UT · 2148 days ago · 20 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 10
  5. 2.014.8 km N of Woodland Hills, UT · 2148 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.627.6 km WNW of Mapleton, UT · 2147 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.59 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 2141 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.49 km W of Independence, Utah · 2123 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  9. 1.928 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2122 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.631 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2121 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.818 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2092 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 1.94 km NNE of Helper, Utah · 2154 days ago · -3 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.09 km NW of Fairview, Utah · 2156 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.18 km NW of Helper, UT · 2168 days ago · -3 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.914 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2171 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.510 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 2176 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 1.912 km NW of Aurora, Utah · 2176 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.712 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2180 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.75 km NW of Sigurd, Utah · 2181 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60418062. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC.