M2.3 earthquake 17 km SSW of Levan, Utah
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 17 km SSW of Levan, Utah on Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 7:53 PM MDT (01:53 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 16 km SSW of Levan, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-21 01:53:55 UTC
- Depth
- -0.5 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.423° N, 111.955° 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, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.216 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1807 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
- 2.116 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1807 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Levan, Utah · 1807 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.78 km SW of Levan, Utah · 1807 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.416 km NNE of Koosharem, Utah · 1806 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.915 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1805 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.416 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km N of Richfield, Utah · 1798 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Levan, Utah · 1798 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Rocky Ridge, Utah · 1796 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.98 km W of Spring Glen, Utah · 1789 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.012 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1785 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.722 km S of Independence, Utah · 1783 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.2Utah · 1770 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.227 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1760 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.727 km SSW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.026 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.030 km NE of Fremont, Utah · 1759 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.612 km N of Koosharem, Utah · 1755 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.612 km ESE of Spring City, Utah · 1751 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60464037. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC.