Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah on Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 8:38 PM MST (03:38 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2021-02-15 03:38:24 UTC
Depth
-2.6 km (-1.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.425° N, 110.301° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
198°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

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

  1. 1.517 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2054 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.38 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2046 days ago · -3 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 1.67 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2046 days ago · -3 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2046 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.610 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2041 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.47 km SSE of Spring City, Utah · 2041 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2040 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.68 km NW of Helper, Utah · 2040 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.69 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2036 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.711 km W of Clear Creek, Utah · 2034 days ago · -3 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.815 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2033 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2033 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.517 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2033 days ago · -3 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2033 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.815 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2032 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.616 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2025 days ago · -3 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 1.76 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 2024 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.515 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2020 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 1.716 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2019 days ago · -3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2019 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2019 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.016 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2014 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 1.515 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2014 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 2.116 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2014 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 1.815 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2012 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2010 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 2.014 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2007 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 1.915 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2004 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away

Before

  1. 2.737 km ENE of Thompson Springs, Utah · 2058 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.915 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2075 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.815 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2075 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2076 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.6Utah · 2077 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2077 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.815 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2078 days ago · -2 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2082 days ago · -2 km deep · 0 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60427082. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:19 AM UTC.