Utah earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 9 km SW of Milford, Utah

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Milford, Utah on Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 1:40 PM MDT (19:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 15 km SW of Circleville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2021-03-29 19:40:12 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.336° N, 113.090° W
Region
Utah
Strongest shaking
III, weak shaking
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.98ML, local (Richter)University of Utah Seismograph StationsPreferred · Final · ±0.277 · 16 stations
3.3ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.034 · 111 stations

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration
177.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.3 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.28
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 59 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60431027 (also filed as us6000dxh7). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC.