M1.8 earthquake 43 km WSW of Howell, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 43 km WSW of Howell, Utah on Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 4:50 AM MDT (10:50 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-07-31 10:50:41 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.599° N, 112.896° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.042 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1892 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.965 km W of Hooper, Utah · 1859 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1849 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1848 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.25 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1848 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1848 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.016 km S of Snowville, Utah · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.017 km S of Snowville, Utah · 1846 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of West Point, Utah · 1836 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1836 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 1836 days ago · -3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.25 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1835 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.16 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1832 days ago · -2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1832 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1832 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 2.442 km SW of Howell, Utah · 1892 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.642 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1892 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.242 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1892 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.341 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1892 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.3Utah · 1908 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60450992. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC.