M1.9 earthquake 5 km S of Joseph, Utah
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km S of Joseph, Utah on Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 1:24 PM MST (20:24 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km S of Joseph, 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
- 2022-02-28 20:24:13 UTC
- Depth
- -3.2 km (-2.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.574° N, 112.225° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.95 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1678 days ago · -3 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.24 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1677 days ago · -3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km SSE of Joseph, Utah · 1677 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.44 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1676 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 22
- 1.91 km WSW of Junction, Utah · 1675 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.56 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1672 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.619 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 1667 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Junction, Utah · 1666 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.716 km S of Beaver, Utah · 1664 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.524 km SSW of Kanosh, Utah · 1659 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.43 km NNW of Joseph, Utah · 1655 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516 km W of Emery, Utah · 1654 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.516 km W of Emery, Utah · 1654 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.019 km SW of Bicknell, Utah · 1650 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 1641 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.917 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 1641 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.117 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 1641 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.6Utah · 1641 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.616 km S of Beaver, Utah · 1640 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.714 km S of Beaver, Utah · 1634 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.79 km SE of Marysvale, Utah · 1626 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Circleville, Utah · 1623 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.98 km WNW of Circleville, Utah · 1623 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.73 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 1618 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 2.74 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1678 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 1.97 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1680 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.08 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1681 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.58 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1682 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.27 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1682 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 1.710 km SSW of Joseph, Utah · 1682 days ago · -2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.59 km N of Marysvale, Utah · 1685 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.55 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1686 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 52
- 2.47 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1687 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.36 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1687 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Fayette, Utah · 1689 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.927 km ENE of Torrey, Utah · 1693 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Milford, Utah · 1695 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Milford, Utah · 1695 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Milford, Utah · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Milford, Utah · 1695 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.09 km SW of Milford, Utah · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.8Utah · 1695 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.67 km N of Redmond, Utah · 1695 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Milford, Utah · 1695 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60483522. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:23 AM UTC.