M2.0 earthquake 4 km ENE of Magna, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 4 km ENE of Magna, Utah on Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 4:31 PM MST (23:31 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 2 km SSW of Wallsburg, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-14 23:31:24 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.729° N, 112.056° W
- Region
- Utah
- Felt reports
- 12
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.03 | ML, local (Richter) | University of Utah Seismograph Stations | Preferred · Final · ±0.158 · 10 stations |
| 2.0 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.073 · 25 stations |
Did you feel it?
12 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 28°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.510 km SE of Avon, Utah · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 1.70 km NNE of Mount Nebo, Utah · 2057 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.30 km NW of Mount Nebo, Utah · 2057 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Magna, Utah · 2054 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 2.35 km NNW of West Valley City, Utah · 2050 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 87
- 2.04 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah · 2046 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.33 km SSW of Wallsburg, Utah · 2040 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.92 km SSW of Wallsburg, Utah · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 89
- 2.13 km S of Wallsburg, Utah · 2037 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60424187 (also filed as us7000d057). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.