M2.2 earthquake 5 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah on Sun, Sep 12, 2021, 10:14 AM MDT (16:14 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-12 16:14:56 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.648° N, 112.326° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.35 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1847 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.016 km S of Snowville, Utah · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.017 km S of Snowville, Utah · 1845 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of West Point, Utah · 1835 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1835 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 1835 days ago · -3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.25 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1833 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.16 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · -2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Snowville, Utah · 1831 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
- 1.55 km SSE of Snowville, Utah · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.976 km E of Montello, Nevada · 1812 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.318 km W of Portage, Utah · 1794 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.717 km W of Portage, Utah · 1792 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 2.15 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1847 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Thatcher, Utah · 1848 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.965 km W of Hooper, Utah · 1858 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.24 km E of Huntsville, Utah · 1862 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.94 km E of Huntsville, Utah · 1862 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.712 km ESE of Millville, Utah · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.310 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1870 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1870 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.818 km NNW of Magna, Utah · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 1873 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60457352. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:59 PM UTC.