M1.9 earthquake 15 km NW of Alton, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Alton, Utah on Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 9:27 AM MST (16:27 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 10 km SW of Milford, Utah. 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 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-02 16:27:46 UTC
- Depth
- 1.4 km (0.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.533° N, 112.609° 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, 3.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.47
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.26 km SSE of Alton, Utah · 2037 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.814 km ESE of Paragonah, Utah · 2037 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.315 km W of Panguitch, Utah · 2037 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.721 km SE of Fredonia, Arizona · 2036 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.315 km W of Panguitch, Utah · 2033 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.113 km ESE of Paragonah, Utah · 2033 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.615 km ESE of Paragonah, Utah · 2033 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.214 km W of Panguitch, Utah · 2033 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.512 km N of Pine Valley, Utah · 2033 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2024 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2023 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.59 km SSW of Milford, Utah · 2023 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.59 km SSW of Milford, Utah · 2023 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.710 km SSW of Milford, Utah · 2023 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.22 km NE of Beaver, Utah · 2022 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.912 km N of Antimony, Utah · 2022 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.19 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2022 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2022 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.210 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2022 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Alton, Utah · 2021 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.410 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2021 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2020 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.09 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2020 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.010 km SSW of Milford, Utah · 2020 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Milford, UT · 2020 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2019 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Milford, Utah · 2019 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2019 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.09 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2019 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.09 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2019 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2019 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2019 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.110 km SSW of Milford, Utah · 2019 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2018 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2018 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.18 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2018 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.8Utah · 2018 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.410 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2018 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2017 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.727 km S of Cannonville, Utah · 2016 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.19 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2015 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2015 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Milford, Utah · 2015 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2015 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2014 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.210 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2014 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.09 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2014 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2014 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2014 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2014 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.49 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2014 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Milford, Utah · 2014 days ago · -3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.99 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2014 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.09 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2014 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Utah · 2014 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.09 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.19 km SSW of Milford, Utah · 2013 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2013 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Milford, Utah · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 101.
Before
- 2.326 km WSW of Big Water, Utah · 2042 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.119 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 2045 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.629 km W of Big Water, Utah · 2048 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.05 km SE of Paragonah, Utah · 2051 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.520 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2054 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 2059 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.710 km E of Springdale, Utah · 2060 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Hatch, Utah · 2068 days ago · -3 km deep · 24 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60428192. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC.