M2.7 earthquake 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Sunnyside, Utah on Sun, Apr 10, 2022, 8:20 PM MDT (02:20 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 37 km ENE of Thompson Springs, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.69	ML, local (Richter)	University of Utah Seismograph Stations	Preferred · Final · ±0.183 · 14 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.037 · 96 stations

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Probable coal bump.

From the USGS event page for uu60490147. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60490147 (also filed as us7000h16z). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC.