M1.6 earthquake 4 km SE of Avon, Utah
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Avon, Utah on Sun, Mar 27, 2022, 3:39 AM MDT (09:39 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 6 km SW of Corinne, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-27 09:39:39 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.505° N, 111.776° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 28
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.713 km E of North Logan, Utah · 1645 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.813 km NNW of Summit Park, Utah · 1635 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.017 km WSW of Howell, Utah · 1614 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.13 km NE of Magna, Utah · 1607 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
- 2.46 km SW of Corinne, Utah · 1597 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.13 km NE of Magna, Utah · 1594 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 13
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60487142. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC.