M2.3 earthquake 34 km WSW of Howell, Utah
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 34 km WSW of Howell, Utah on Wed, Dec 8, 2021, 7:27 AM MST (14:27 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-08 14:27:31 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.638° N, 112.804° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 188°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.814 km ESE of Richmond, Utah · 1720 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Paradise, Utah · 1704 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 1.820 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 1778 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.75 km E of Howell, Utah · 1779 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.55 km E of Howell, Utah · 1779 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.93 km N of Amalga, Utah · 1784 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.45 km E of Howell, Utah · 1786 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60471182. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC.