M1.8 earthquake 5 km WSW of Circleville, Utah
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Circleville, Utah on Sat, Dec 10, 2022, 2:42 AM MST (09:42 UTC), 3 km (2 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-12-10 09:42:05 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.142° N, 112.327° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 9
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
- 1.915 km S of Beaver, Utah · 1385 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.517 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1383 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.016 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1383 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.029 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1379 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Milford, Utah · 1377 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.96 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1373 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1366 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.59 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.215 km S of Brian Head, Utah · 1353 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.813 km S of Brian Head, Utah · 1352 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.919 km W of Enoch, Utah · 1349 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 1341 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.3Utah · 1340 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1339 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.7Utah · 1339 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 1.85 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 1394 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.618 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1396 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.718 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1396 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Beaver, Utah · 1398 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.824 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 1399 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.827 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1410 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.127 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1410 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.125 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1411 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.821 km NE of Panguitch, Utah · 1412 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.28 km ESE of Alton, Utah · 1412 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.66 km S of Summit, Utah · 1419 days ago · -1 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60527812. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.