Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 12 km N of Scipio, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km N of Scipio, Utah on Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 1:40 PM MDT (19:40 UTC), 11 km (7 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
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2020-09-26 19:40:52 UTC
Depth
10.7 km (6.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.361° N, 112.102° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
7

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.69 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2196 days ago · -3 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.918 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2192 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.93 km NNE of Scipio, Utah · 2192 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 1.526 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2183 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.75 km NW of Sigurd, Utah · 2180 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.823 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2179 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.712 km NW of Emery, Utah · 2179 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.912 km NW of Aurora, Utah · 2175 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.510 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 2175 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.914 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2169 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.09 km NW of Fairview, Utah · 2154 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.56 km SW of Levan, Utah · 2150 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.99.8 km NW of Scipio, UT · 2149 days ago · -3 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.69.4 km ESE of Hiawatha, UT · 2148 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.627 km ESE of Mapleton, UT · 2146 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 2.928 km SE of Mapleton, UT · 2146 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
  17. 2.014.8 km N of Woodland Hills, UT · 2146 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.627.6 km WNW of Mapleton, UT · 2146 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.323.9 km NNE of Kanosh, UT · 2144 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.59 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 2139 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 1.79 km NNW of Joseph, Utah · 2199 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 1.819 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2204 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.520 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2204 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.719 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2204 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.520 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 2205 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.920 km ESE of Mapleton, Utah · 2210 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.426 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 2210 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.910 km NW of Fairview, Utah · 2216 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60412282. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC.