M1.6 earthquake 3 km NE of Magna, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Magna, Utah on Sun, Apr 4, 2021, 9:43 AM MDT (15:43 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 8 km NE of Enterprise, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-04 15:43:14 UTC
- Depth
- 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.735° N, 112.075° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.98 km NE of Enterprise, Utah · 1982 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 43
- 1.514 km SW of Grantsville, Utah · 1977 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.018 km SSE of Independence, Utah · 1975 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.711 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.312 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1964 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.211 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1962 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Bingham Canyon, Utah · 1951 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 1.95 km ENE of Magna, Utah · 2010 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
- 1.512 km NW of Plain City, Utah · 2018 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.412 km SE of Avon, Utah · 2019 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.13 km S of Wallsburg, Utah · 2037 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 2.92 km SSW of Wallsburg, Utah · 2037 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 89
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60431787. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:15 AM UTC.