M1.7 earthquake 15 km SW of Levan, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 15 km SW of Levan, Utah on Fri, Oct 22, 2021, 12:38 PM MDT (18:38 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 12 km N of Koosharem, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-22 18:38:04 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.444° N, 111.965° 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, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 173°
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.78 km SW of Levan, Utah · 1806 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.416 km NNE of Koosharem, Utah · 1806 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.915 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1804 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.416 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km N of Richfield, Utah · 1798 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Levan, Utah · 1797 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Rocky Ridge, Utah · 1796 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.98 km W of Spring Glen, Utah · 1788 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.012 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1784 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.722 km S of Independence, Utah · 1782 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.2Utah · 1770 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.227 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 16 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.727 km SSW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.026 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.030 km NE of Fremont, Utah · 1759 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.612 km N of Koosharem, Utah · 1754 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 1.612 km ESE of Spring City, Utah · 1750 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.319 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 1747 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 2.116 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1807 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.216 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1807 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
- 2.317 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1808 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 1808 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.85 km NW of Central Valley, Utah · 1816 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Helper, Utah · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.613 km W of Mona, Utah · 1831 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60029294. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.