Utah earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km NNW of Circleville, Utah

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Circleville, Utah on Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2022-10-19 22:25:04 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.196° N, 112.281° W
Region
Utah
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.51ML, local (Richter)University of Utah Seismograph StationsPreferred · Final · ±0.136 · 18 stations
2.5ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.044 · 68 stations

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
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
52°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km S of Summit, Utah · 1420 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.28 km ESE of Alton, Utah · 1412 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.821 km NE of Panguitch, Utah · 1412 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.125 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1411 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.127 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1411 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.827 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1411 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.824 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 1399 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.54 km NE of Beaver, Utah · 1398 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.718 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1396 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.618 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1396 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.85 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 1395 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.85 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 1394 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away

Before

  1. 1.7Utah · 1446 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.5Utah · 1446 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.314 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 1446 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.919 km NE of Paragonah, Utah · 1447 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.98 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 1452 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.117 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 1452 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.017 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 1452 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.0Utah · 1452 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.06 km W of Circleville, Utah · 1454 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.515 km WNW of Minersville, Utah · 1460 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.218 km E of Milford, Utah · 1471 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.115 km NW of Parowan, Utah · 1472 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60521187 (also filed as us6000iuz7). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:40 PM UTC.