Utah earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 11 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah on Mon, May 17, 2021, 11:02 PM MDT (05:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 19 km WSW of Woodruff, 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
2021-05-18 05:02:35 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.370° N, 111.696° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.46
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.312 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1966 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.211 km ENE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1964 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.72 km WNW of Franklin, Idaho · 1960 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.717 km WNW of Portage, Utah · 1955 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.64 km NE of Magna, Utah · 1947 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.94 km ENE of Magna, Utah · 1945 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.712 km W of Bloomington, Idaho · 1939 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.53 km NE of Magna, Utah · 1933 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.418 km WSW of Woodruff, Utah · 1931 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.419 km WSW of Woodruff, Utah · 1931 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.018 km WSW of Woodruff, Utah · 1931 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.810 km NE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1925 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 1.610 km NE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 1.89 km NE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1925 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.810 km NE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 1.59 km NE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1925 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 1.910 km NE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1925 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 1.810 km NE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1925 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 1.610 km NE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1925 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 1.810 km NE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1925 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 2.09 km NE of Wolf Creek, Utah · 1925 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 2.3Utah · 1908 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 1.612 km ENE of Avon, Utah · 1908 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 3.219 km E of Providence, Utah · 1967 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 22
  2. 1.810 km E of Franklin, Idaho · 1980 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.91 km WNW of Franklin, Idaho · 1981 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 8
  4. 2.98 km NE of Enterprise, Utah · 1984 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 43
  5. 1.845 km SW of Howell, Utah · 1987 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.613 km NNW of Howell, Utah · 1987 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.52 km WNW of Franklin, Idaho · 1994 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60436337. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC.