M2.0 earthquake 7 km SSE of Joseph, Utah
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Joseph, Utah on Thu, May 19, 2022, 10:17 PM MDT (04:17 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 3 km W of Junction, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-20 04:17:25 UTC
- Depth
- -0.7 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.565° N, 112.186° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.53 km W of Junction, Utah · 1597 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 1.59 km SSE of Joseph, Utah · 1596 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Minersville, Utah · 1593 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.020 km W of Marysvale, Utah · 1591 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Joseph, Utah · 1587 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.86 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 1582 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 1576 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Junction, Utah · 1568 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.515 km S of Levan, Utah · 1560 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 1557 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 1557 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 1552 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Richfield, Utah · 1550 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.919 km SSE of Beaver, Utah · 1541 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 1.95 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1599 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.98 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 1599 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 1599 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.827 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1601 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.622 km NE of Paragonah, Utah · 1605 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.19 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 1605 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1606 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.38 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 1609 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km NW of Fayette, Utah · 1610 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.612 km SSW of Marysvale, Utah · 1617 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1618 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.73 km ESE of Beaver, Utah · 1618 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.98 km WNW of Circleville, Utah · 1624 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Circleville, Utah · 1624 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.79 km SE of Marysvale, Utah · 1626 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60499007. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:14 PM UTC.