M1.9 earthquake 15 km S of Beaver, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 15 km S of Beaver, Utah on Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 11:38 AM MST (18:38 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 9 km WNW of Enoch, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-19 18:38:22 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.141° N, 112.647° 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, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 20
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 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.517 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1383 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.016 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1383 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Milford, Utah · 1378 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.96 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1373 days ago · -2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1366 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.59 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.215 km S of Brian Head, Utah · 1353 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.813 km S of Brian Head, Utah · 1353 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.919 km W of Enoch, Utah · 1350 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 1341 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.3Utah · 1340 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1339 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.7Utah · 1339 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Junction, Utah · 1329 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.74 km W of Summit, Utah · 1327 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 1.85 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 1394 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 1395 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.618 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1396 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.718 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1396 days ago · -1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Beaver, Utah · 1398 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.824 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 1399 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.827 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1411 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.127 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1411 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.125 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1411 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.821 km NE of Panguitch, Utah · 1412 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.28 km ESE of Alton, Utah · 1412 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60528302. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:05 PM UTC.