Utah earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 24 km WSW of Circleville, Utah

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 24 km WSW of Circleville, Utah on Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 1:29 AM MDT (07:29 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 17 km NW of Circleville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2021-06-20 07:29:17 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.050° N, 112.502° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 13.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.512 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 1932 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.012 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.612 km N of New Harmony, Utah · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.812 km N of New Harmony, Utah · 1932 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.712 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 1932 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.611 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 1930 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 1.99 km S of Cedar City, Utah · 1923 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.614 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 1919 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.14 km S of Alton, Utah · 1915 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.520 km WSW of Minersville, Utah · 1910 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.810 km SSW of Beaver, Utah · 1910 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 1.811 km SSW of Beaver, Utah · 1894 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.217 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 1887 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.811 km ESE of Paragonah, Utah · 1880 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.610 km ESE of Glenwood, Utah · 1879 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.88 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah · 1877 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.05 km WSW of Junction, Utah · 1876 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 1.820 km ENE of Milford, UT · 1933 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.58 km N of Richfield, Utah · 1935 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.62 km SW of Elsinore, Utah · 1951 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.612 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 1956 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.817 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 1957 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 3.615 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 1958 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
  7. 1.515 km SE of Kanarraville, Utah · 1962 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60440557. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC.