M2.0 earthquake 0 km ESE of Virgin, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 0 km ESE of Virgin, Utah on Fri, Jan 3, 2020, 3:38 PM MST (22:38 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 10 km NNW of Enoch, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-01-03 22:38:48 UTC
- Depth
- 22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.206° N, 113.182° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.634 km WNW of Veyo, Utah · 2464 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2462 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.810 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2462 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.61 km N of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2448 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.413 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 2446 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 2446 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.112 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 2446 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.51 km SW of Enoch, Utah · 2444 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2435 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.07 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2432 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.411 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2427 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of New Harmony, Utah · 2425 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2425 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2422 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2421 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.21 km NNW of Fredonia, Arizona · 2414 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.28 km SSW of Leeds, Utah · 2412 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
- 1.74 km SSW of Enoch, Utah · 2406 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
Before
- 1.813 km SW of Hatch, Utah · 2469 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.221 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2481 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.532 km NNW of Supai, Arizona · 2482 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.59 km ESE of Pine Valley, Utah · 2483 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.814 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 2494 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60356122. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.