M1.5 earthquake 11 km NNE of Scipio, Utah
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 11 km NNE of Scipio, Utah on Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 7:03 PM MST (02:03 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 7 km SSE of Spring City, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-16 02:03:12 UTC
- Depth
- 2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.335° N, 112.051° 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, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.66 km S of Fountain Green, Utah · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.70 km NNE of Mount Nebo, Utah · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.30 km NW of Mount Nebo, Utah · 2058 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.04 km SSW of Mount Nebo, Utah · 2046 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2041 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.47 km SSE of Spring City, Utah · 2041 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Fountain Green, Utah · 2040 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.711 km W of Clear Creek, Utah · 2033 days ago · -3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.826 km ESE of Salina, Utah · 2029 days ago · -3 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60424327. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC.