M2.4 earthquake 42 km SW of Howell, Utah
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 42 km SW of Howell, Utah on Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 2:04 AM MDT (08:04 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 5 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-31 08:04:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.569° N, 112.848° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 213°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.843 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1891 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.042 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1891 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Magna, Utah · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.712 km ESE of Millville, Utah · 1865 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.965 km W of Hooper, Utah · 1858 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1849 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1848 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1848 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.25 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1848 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.016 km S of Snowville, Utah · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.017 km S of Snowville, Utah · 1845 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of West Point, Utah · 1836 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1836 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 1836 days ago · -3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.25 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1834 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.16 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · -2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 1.642 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1891 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1891 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.341 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Huntsville, Utah · 1898 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Avon, Utah · 1907 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.3Utah · 1908 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60028074. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:36 AM UTC.