M1.6 earthquake 10 km NW of Circleville, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Circleville, Utah on Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 8:10 AM MDT (14:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 6.6km SW of Beaver, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-12 14:10:58 UTC
- Depth
- 9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.239° N, 112.347° 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, 2.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- 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: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.85 km NW of Central Valley, Utah · 1816 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.67 km N of Marysvale, Utah · 1808 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.510 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 1806 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.416 km NNE of Koosharem, Utah · 1806 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.36.6km SW of Beaver, Utah · 1805 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7
- 2.011 km S of Beaver, Utah · 1804 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.06 km SW of Beaver, Utah · 1804 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km N of Richfield, Utah · 1798 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 1796 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.512 km S of Beaver, Utah · 1792 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 1789 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.913 km ENE of Alton, Utah · 1788 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.010 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1780 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.89 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 2.09 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1772 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.512 km S of Cedar City, Utah · 1771 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Beaver, Utah · 1771 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Beaver, Utah · 1771 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0Utah · 1770 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.618 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1770 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1770 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Beaver, Utah · 1770 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.915 km NW of Beaver, Utah · 1768 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.720 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1768 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.520 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1767 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.410 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1766 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.719 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 1766 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.720 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.227 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.727 km SSW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.026 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.030 km NE of Fremont, Utah · 1759 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 1759 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60462817. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.