Utah earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 7 km SSE of Spring City, Utah

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Spring City, Utah on Wed, Mar 3, 2021, 12:16 AM MST (07:16 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km NNW of Central Valley, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2021-03-03 07:16:43 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.418° N, 111.461° W
Region
Utah
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
2.44ML, local (Richter)University of Utah Seismograph StationsPreferred · Final · ±0.189 · 12 stations
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.037 · 98 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
35°
Stations used
26

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60428287 (also filed as us7000df30). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:49 PM UTC.