M1.6 earthquake 7 km N of Marysvale, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 7 km N of Marysvale, Utah on Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 5:03 PM MDT (23:03 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 6.6km SW of Beaver, 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
- 2021-10-20 23:03:10 UTC
- Depth
- 0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.520° N, 112.241° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.59 km SE of Scipio, Utah · 1808 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.416 km NNE of Koosharem, Utah · 1806 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.36.6km SW of Beaver, Utah · 1805 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 7
- 2.011 km S of Beaver, Utah · 1804 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.06 km SW of Beaver, Utah · 1803 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km N of Richfield, Utah · 1797 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.821 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 1796 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.512 km S of Beaver, Utah · 1792 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 1789 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.012 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1784 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.010 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1780 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.89 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 2.09 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1772 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Beaver, Utah · 1771 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.715 km NW of Beaver, Utah · 1771 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.0Utah · 1770 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.618 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1770 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1770 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Beaver, Utah · 1770 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.915 km NW of Beaver, Utah · 1768 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 1.720 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1768 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.520 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1767 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.410 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1766 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.719 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 1766 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.720 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.227 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.727 km SSW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.026 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1759 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.030 km NE of Fremont, Utah · 1759 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.612 km N of Koosharem, Utah · 1754 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.212 km NW of Summit, Utah · 1754 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.617 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1753 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.618 km SSE of Minersville, Utah · 1752 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 1.85 km NW of Central Valley, Utah · 1815 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Circleville, Utah · 1817 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.510 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1835 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.821 km N of Panguitch, Utah · 1838 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60464012. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.