M2.0 earthquake 20 km ESE of Kanab, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 20 km ESE of Kanab, Utah on Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 2:28 PM MDT (20:28 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 37 km SSE of Kaibab, Arizona. 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
- 2021-08-08 20:28:12 UTC
- Depth
- 24.9 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.005° N, 112.305° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.88 km ENE of Kanarraville, Utah · 1875 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Kanarraville, Utah · 1870 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 1856 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.24 km E of New Harmony, Utah · 1853 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.010 km SE of New Harmony, Utah · 1843 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.837 km SSE of Kaibab, Arizona · 1838 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1835 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60452292. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:07 AM UTC.