Utah earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 18 km ESE of Spring City, Utah

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 18 km ESE of Spring City, Utah on Fri, May 7, 2021, 6:58 AM MDT (12:58 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km NW of Aurora, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2021-05-07 12:58:01 UTC
Depth
17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.395° N, 111.307° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.59 km W of Levan, Utah · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 1968 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 1968 days ago · -2 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.5Utah · 1964 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 1961 days ago · -1 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.714 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 1961 days ago · -3 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.515 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 1960 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.515 km ESE of Ephraim, Utah · 1944 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.25 km SE of Sunnyside, Utah · 1934 days ago · -3 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 2.58 km N of Richfield, Utah · 1933 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.84 km NW of Aurora, Utah · 1926 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 2.018 km SSE of Independence, Utah · 1974 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 1975 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.616 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 1978 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.718 km E of Holden, Utah · 1989 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.712 km W of Clear Creek, Utah · 1989 days ago · -3 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.6Utah · 1995 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 1.915 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2003 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60435312. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC.