M2.1 earthquake 13 km SE of Hatch, Utah
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 13 km SE of Hatch, Utah on Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 1:01 AM MST (08:01 UTC), 8 km (5 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-01 08:01:44 UTC
- Depth
- 8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.575° N, 112.310° 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, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.112 km E of Brian Head, Utah · 2101 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2100 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Beaver, Utah · 2097 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Beaver, Utah · 2096 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Orderville, Utah · 2094 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.88 km NW of Cedar City, Utah · 2094 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.717 km NE of Paragonah, Utah · 2090 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Alton, Utah · 2089 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.64 km N of Hatch, Utah · 2087 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.64 km NW of Cane Beds, Arizona · 2084 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.09 km E of Springdale, Utah · 2074 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.09 km NNW of Hatch, Utah · 2069 days ago · -3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.710 km E of Springdale, Utah · 2061 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.610 km WNW of Glendale, Utah · 2060 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.520 km N of Paragonah, Utah · 2055 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km SE of Paragonah, Utah · 2052 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.629 km W of Big Water, Utah · 2049 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.119 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 2046 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.326 km WSW of Big Water, Utah · 2043 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 2.17 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2103 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.26 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2103 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Marysvale, Utah · 2109 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2111 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2111 days ago · -3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.69 km E of Springdale, Utah · 2112 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.15 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 2113 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.9Utah · 2114 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 2114 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.79 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 2116 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.512 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 2117 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 2118 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Panguitch, Utah · 2120 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.614 km ENE of Springdale, Utah · 2123 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.714 km SSW of Kaibab, Arizona · 2123 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.49 km S of Cedar City, Utah · 2130 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60423142. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC.