M2.3 earthquake 29 km E of La Sal, UT
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 29 km E of La Sal, UT on Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 8:02 PM MST (03:02 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 37 km ENE of Thompson Springs, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-03 03:02:22 UTC
- Depth
- 0.8 km (0.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.276° N, 108.918° W
- Region
- Colorado
- 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 10
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 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.728 km E of La Sal, Utah · 2091 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.737 km ENE of Thompson Springs, Utah · 2054 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 1.928 km E of La Sal, Utah · 2109 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.728 km E of La Sal, Utah · 2110 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.328 km E of La Sal, Utah · 2110 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 21
- 3.328 km E of La Sal, Utah · 2110 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
- 1.839 km WSW of Moab, Utah · 2114 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.628 km E of La Sal, Utah · 2114 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.128 km E of La Sal, Utah · 2117 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.824 km NE of La Sal, Utah · 2121 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.628 km E of La Sal, Utah · 2121 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.628 km E of La Sal, Utah · 2121 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60423267 (also filed as us6000d547). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:29 AM UTC.