Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 5 km ENE of Mayfield, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Mayfield, Utah on Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 5:34 AM MST (12:34 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 5 km S of Joseph, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2021-12-26 12:34:47 UTC
Depth
16.8 km (10.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.135° N, 111.647° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.29
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.68 km W of Clear Creek, Utah · 1742 days ago · -2 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.617 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 1735 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.617 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 1730 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.711 km WSW of Spring Glen, Utah · 1728 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 11
  5. 1.66 km N of Helper, Utah · 1726 days ago · -3 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.623 km ENE of Torrey, Utah · 1718 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.819 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1717 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.58 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 1717 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 1.912 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1716 days ago · -1 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.825 km ENE of Torrey, Utah · 1708 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.614 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1707 days ago · -2 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.57 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah · 1706 days ago · -2 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 1.727 km ENE of Torrey, Utah · 1705 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.75 km NNW of Richfield, Utah · 1702 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.927 km ENE of Torrey, Utah · 1702 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.615 km ESE of Fillmore, Utah · 1700 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.26 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1697 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 1.67 km N of Redmond, Utah · 1697 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 1.927 km ENE of Torrey, Utah · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.612 km SW of Fayette, Utah · 1691 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 1.74 km NNE of Helper, Utah · 1689 days ago · -3 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.36 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1688 days ago · -2 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.47 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1688 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 3.55 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1688 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 52
  25. 1.59 km N of Marysvale, Utah · 1686 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 1.710 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 1684 days ago · -2 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 2.27 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1684 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.58 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1684 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 2.319 km ESE of Mount Pleasant, Utah · 1749 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.612 km ESE of Spring City, Utah · 1752 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.612 km N of Koosharem, Utah · 1756 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.030 km NE of Fremont, Utah · 1760 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.026 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1760 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.727 km SSW of Emery, Utah · 1760 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.227 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1761 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.719 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 1768 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.2Utah · 1771 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60474307. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:48 PM UTC.