M1.7 earthquake 12 km ESE of Millville, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km ESE of Millville, Utah on Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 9:49 AM MDT (15:49 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 5 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-26 15:49:11 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.653° N, 111.676° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.94 km E of Huntsville, Utah · 1862 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.24 km E of Huntsville, Utah · 1862 days ago · 12 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1848 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1847 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.25 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1847 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1847 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.016 km S of Snowville, Utah · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.017 km S of Snowville, Utah · 1845 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of West Point, Utah · 1835 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1835 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 1835 days ago · -3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.25 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1834 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.16 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · -2 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 1.520 km NW of Paris, Idaho · 1825 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 1.816 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 1865 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.417 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 1865 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.310 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1870 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Magna, Utah · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1873 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.442 km SW of Howell, Utah · 1890 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.341 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1890 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60455077. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.