M1.9 earthquake 76 km E of Montello, Nevada
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 76 km E of Montello, Nevada on Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 2:09 AM MDT (08:09 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 5 km E of Howell, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-17 08:09:21 UTC
- Depth
- 9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.380° N, 113.293° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 234°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.318 km W of Portage, Utah · 1794 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.717 km W of Portage, Utah · 1792 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.45 km E of Howell, Utah · 1786 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km E of Howell, Utah · 1779 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.75 km E of Howell, Utah · 1779 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.820 km WSW of Corinne, Utah · 1778 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.334 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1760 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.954 km WNW of Dugway, Utah · 1757 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 1.55 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 1.85 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.16 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · -2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.25 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1833 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 1835 days ago · -3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1835 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60463437. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC.