Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 17 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah on Wed, Feb 17, 2021, 2:23 PM MST (21:23 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 8 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2021-02-17 21:23:03 UTC
Depth
-3.4 km (-2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.417° N, 110.286° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
204°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.38 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2046 days ago · -3 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.67 km ENE of Kenilworth, Utah · 2046 days ago · -3 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2046 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.610 km SW of Hiawatha, Utah · 2041 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2040 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.68 km NW of Helper, Utah · 2039 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.69 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2036 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 1.711 km W of Clear Creek, Utah · 2033 days ago · -3 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.815 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2033 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2033 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.517 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2033 days ago · -3 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2033 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.815 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2032 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.616 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2025 days ago · -3 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.76 km W of Hiawatha, Utah · 2023 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.515 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2020 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.716 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2019 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2019 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2019 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.016 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2014 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 1.515 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2014 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 2.116 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2013 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 1.815 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2012 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2009 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.014 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2007 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 1.915 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2004 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 1.6Utah · 1996 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2057 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.737 km ENE of Thompson Springs, Utah · 2058 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.915 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2074 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.815 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2075 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2076 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.6Utah · 2076 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.615 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2077 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.815 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2078 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.715 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah · 2082 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60427252. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC.