M2.0 earthquake 18 km SSE of Independence, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of Independence, Utah on Fri, May 7, 2021, 6:04 AM MDT (12:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km E of Independence, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-05-07 12:04:09 UTC
- Depth
- 4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.148° N, 111.196° 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, 2.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.718 km ESE of Spring City, Utah · 1975 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.59 km W of Levan, Utah · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Bingham Canyon, Utah · 1950 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.515 km ESE of Ephraim, Utah · 1945 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.64 km NE of Magna, Utah · 1945 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Magna, Utah · 1943 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.617 km E of Independence, Utah · 1941 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 14
- 2.518 km E of Independence, Utah · 1941 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 1.619 km E of Independence, Utah · 1941 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.518 km E of Independence, Utah · 1941 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.53 km NE of Magna, Utah · 1931 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60435292. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:14 AM UTC.