M1.9 earthquake 9.8 km NW of Scipio, UT
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 9.8 km NW of Scipio, UT on Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 1:01 PM MST (20:01 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 23.9 km NNE of Kanosh, UT. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-14 20:01:34 UTC
- Depth
- -2.9 km (-1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.190° N, 112.015° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.69.4 km ESE of Hiawatha, UT · 2150 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.014.8 km N of Woodland Hills, UT · 2148 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.323.9 km NNE of Kanosh, UT · 2146 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 2141 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.928 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2121 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.631 km N of Fremont, Utah · 2121 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Marysvale, Utah · 2110 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.818 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2092 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 1.56 km SW of Levan, Utah · 2152 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.09 km NW of Fairview, Utah · 2156 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 2171 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 2176 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Aurora, Utah · 2176 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60418397. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:10 PM UTC.