M2.9 earthquake 28 km SE of Mapleton, UT
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 28 km SE of Mapleton, UT on Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 2:41 PM MST (21:41 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-16 21:41:21 UTC
- Depth
- 19.8 km (12.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.972° N, 111.319° W
- Region
- Utah
- Felt reports
- 10
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.87 | ML, local (Richter) | University of Utah Seismograph Stations | Preferred · Final · ±0.079 · 13 stations |
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 151°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.014.8 km N of Woodland Hills, UT · 2146 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 1.627.6 km WNW of Mapleton, UT · 2145 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.27 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2143 days ago · -2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2139 days ago · -2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.75 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2138 days ago · -3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.66 km E of Kenilworth, Utah · 2134 days ago · -3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2125 days ago · -3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2122 days ago · -3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.49 km W of Independence, Utah · 2121 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
- 1.818 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2090 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 2.627 km ESE of Mapleton, UT · 2146 days ago · 16 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.69.4 km ESE of Hiawatha, UT · 2148 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Levan, Utah · 2150 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.94 km NNE of Helper, Utah · 2152 days ago · -3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.09 km NW of Fairview, Utah · 2154 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Helper, UT · 2166 days ago · -3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.719 km NW of East Carbon City, Utah · 2170 days ago · -3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2172 days ago · -2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 2174 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60024109 (also filed as us7000cfv8). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:06 AM UTC.