Utah earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 8 km NW of Fayette, Utah

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Fayette, Utah on Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 12:27 PM MST (19:27 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 5 km S of Joseph, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2022-01-21 19:27:22 UTC
Depth
1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.270° N, 111.934° 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, 10.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.40
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.912 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1714 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.614 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1705 days ago · -2 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.57 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah · 1705 days ago · -2 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 1.75 km NNW of Richfield, Utah · 1701 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.615 km ESE of Fillmore, Utah · 1698 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.26 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1696 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.67 km N of Redmond, Utah · 1695 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.612 km SW of Fayette, Utah · 1689 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.36 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1686 days ago · -2 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.47 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1686 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 3.55 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1686 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 52
  12. 1.59 km N of Marysvale, Utah · 1685 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.710 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 1682 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.27 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1682 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.58 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1682 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.08 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1681 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.97 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1680 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.74 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1677 days ago · -3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  19. 1.95 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1677 days ago · -3 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.95 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1677 days ago · -3 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.24 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1677 days ago · -3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.67 km SSE of Joseph, Utah · 1677 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 3.44 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1676 days ago · -2 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 22
  24. 1.56 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1672 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 2.19 km WSW of Levan, Utah · 1668 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 1.524 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 1659 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 1.819 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1716 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.711 km WSW of Spring Glen, Utah · 1726 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 11
  3. 1.617 km WSW of Hiawatha, Utah · 1728 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.617 km WNW of Levan, Utah · 1733 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 1.822 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1736 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.68 km W of Clear Creek, Utah · 1740 days ago · -2 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.55 km ENE of Mayfield, Utah · 1742 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60478432. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:58 AM UTC.