Utah earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 12 km SW of Fayette, Utah

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km SW of Fayette, Utah on Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 6:56 PM MST (01:56 UTC), 12 km (8 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
1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2022-02-17 01:56:33 UTC
Depth
12.2 km (7.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.160° N, 111.981° W
Region
Utah
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
94°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.36 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1688 days ago · -2 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.47 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1688 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 3.55 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1687 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 52
  4. 1.59 km N of Marysvale, Utah · 1686 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.710 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 1683 days ago · -2 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.27 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1683 days ago · -1 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.58 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1683 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.08 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1682 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.97 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1681 days ago · -1 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.74 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1679 days ago · -3 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
  11. 1.95 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1679 days ago · -3 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.95 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1679 days ago · -3 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.24 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1678 days ago · -3 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.67 km SSE of Joseph, Utah · 1678 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 3.44 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1677 days ago · -2 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 22
  16. 1.56 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1673 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.19 km WSW of Levan, Utah · 1669 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.524 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 1660 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.43 km NNW of Joseph, Utah · 1656 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.516 km W of Emery, Utah · 1655 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 1.516 km W of Emery, Utah · 1655 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 1.67 km N of Redmond, Utah · 1696 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.26 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1697 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.615 km ESE of Fillmore, Utah · 1700 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.75 km NNW of Richfield, Utah · 1702 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.57 km WSW of Clear Creek, Utah · 1706 days ago · -2 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.614 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1706 days ago · -2 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.912 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1715 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.58 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 1717 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.819 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1717 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60482282. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.