M1.5 earthquake 6 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah on Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 12:10 AM MST (07:10 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km SSW of Thatcher, 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
- 2021-01-12 07:10:27 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.644° N, 112.330° W
- Region
- Utah
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.95 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 2090 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 10
- 2.06 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 2090 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 1.56 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 2088 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Howell, Utah · 2087 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.011 km ESE of Millville, Utah · 2078 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km SE of Avon, Utah · 2067 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60423982. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:57 PM UTC.