M1.7 earthquake 8 km SW of Levan, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Levan, Utah on Fri, Oct 22, 2021, 6:38 PM MDT (00:38 UTC), 13 km (8 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-23 00:38:51 UTC
- Depth
- 13.4 km (8.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.497° N, 111.921° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.416 km NNE of Koosharem, Utah · 1806 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.915 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1804 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.416 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1804 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km N of Richfield, Utah · 1798 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Levan, Utah · 1797 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Rocky Ridge, Utah · 1796 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.98 km W of Spring Glen, Utah · 1788 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.012 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1784 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.722 km S of Independence, Utah · 1782 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.83 km N of Kenilworth, Utah · 1774 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.2Utah · 1770 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.227 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.727 km SSW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.026 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.612 km N of Koosharem, Utah · 1754 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 1.612 km ESE of Spring City, Utah · 1750 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.319 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 1747 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 1.715 km SW of Levan, Utah · 1807 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.116 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1807 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.216 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1807 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 8
- 2.317 km SSW of Levan, Utah · 1808 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 1808 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.85 km NW of Central Valley, Utah · 1816 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Helper, Utah · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.613 km W of Mona, Utah · 1831 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60464342. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.