M1.9 earthquake 32 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 32 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah on Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 1:50 AM MDT (07:50 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 32 km S of Saint George, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-18 07:50:23 UTC
- Depth
- 11.7 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.514° N, 114.080° 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, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.57 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah · 1870 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.332 km S of Saint George, Utah · 1865 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 1856 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.24 km E of New Harmony, Utah · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Veyo, Utah · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.010 km SE of New Harmony, Utah · 1843 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 1.64 km NNE of Saint George, Utah · 1840 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.527 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 1823 days ago · 19 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 1.88 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah · 1875 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.443 km S of Caliente, Nevada · 1876 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.26 km E of Washington, Utah · 1884 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5Nevada · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada · 1898 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60453497. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC.