M1.8 earthquake 45 km SW of Howell, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 45 km SW of Howell, Utah on Mon, Apr 26, 2021, 2:08 PM MDT (20:08 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 12 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-26 20:08:45 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.511° N, 112.844° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 248°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.711 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1966 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.312 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1966 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.211 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1964 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Portage, Utah · 1955 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60434207. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC.