M2.1 earthquake Arizona
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in Arizona on Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 6:51 AM MST (13:51 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 4 km NW of Cane Beds, Arizona. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-09 13:51:02 UTC
- Depth
- 19.4 km (12.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.957° N, 113.502° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.50
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.79 km WNW of Alton, Utah · 2088 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Ivins, Utah · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.64 km NW of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2083 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.09 km E of Springdale, Utah · 2073 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.723 km E of Littlefield, Arizona · 2073 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.710 km E of Springdale, Utah · 2060 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 2059 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.325 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 2047 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.512 km N of Pine Valley, Utah · 2033 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 1.88 km NW of Cedar City, Utah · 2093 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Orderville, Utah · 2093 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Santa Clara, Utah · 2098 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.639 km S of Centennial Park, Arizona · 2099 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.713 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2099 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Washington, Utah · 2109 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.69 km E of Springdale, Utah · 2111 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2116 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.614 km ENE of Springdale, Utah · 2121 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60423832. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC.