M2.1 earthquake 17 km SE of Beaver, Utah
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Beaver, Utah on Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 9:28 AM MDT (15:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 2 km NNW of Circleville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-10-13 15:28:29 UTC
- Depth
- 9.6 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.158° N, 112.508° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.98 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 1452 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.919 km NE of Paragonah, Utah · 1447 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.52 km NNW of Circleville, Utah · 1446 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.66 km S of Summit, Utah · 1419 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.28 km ESE of Alton, Utah · 1412 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.821 km NE of Panguitch, Utah · 1412 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.125 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1411 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.127 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1411 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.827 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1410 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.824 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 1399 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Beaver, Utah · 1398 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.718 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1396 days ago · -1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.618 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1396 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 1394 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 1394 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 2.017 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 1452 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.0Utah · 1452 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.06 km W of Circleville, Utah · 1453 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.515 km WNW of Minersville, Utah · 1460 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.218 km E of Milford, Utah · 1471 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.115 km NW of Parowan, Utah · 1471 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.810 km SSE of Cedar City, Utah · 1477 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.8Utah · 1478 days ago · -1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.97 km S of Summit, Utah · 1481 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60520377. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC.