Utah earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 27 km ENE of Torrey, Utah

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 27 km ENE of Torrey, Utah on Wed, Feb 2, 2022, 5:04 AM MST (12:04 UTC), 6 km (4 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
1.7 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2022-02-02 12:04:33 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.362° N, 111.118° 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 2.3 km horizontally, 10.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
190°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.75 km NNW of Richfield, Utah · 1702 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.826 km SSE of Hanksville, Utah · 1702 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.927 km ENE of Torrey, Utah · 1701 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.26 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1697 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.927 km ENE of Torrey, Utah · 1694 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.36 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1687 days ago · -2 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.47 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1687 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 3.55 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1687 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 52
  9. 1.59 km N of Marysvale, Utah · 1686 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.27 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1683 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.58 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1683 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.08 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1682 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 1.97 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1681 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.74 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1678 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  15. 1.95 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1678 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.95 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1678 days ago · -3 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.24 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1678 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.67 km SSE of Joseph, Utah · 1678 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 3.44 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1677 days ago · -2 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 22
  20. 1.91 km WSW of Junction, Utah · 1676 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  21. 1.56 km S of Joseph, Utah · 1673 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.619 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 1668 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  23. 1.62 km SW of Junction, Utah · 1667 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.516 km W of Emery, Utah · 1655 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 1.516 km W of Emery, Utah · 1655 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 2.019 km SW of Bicknell, Utah · 1651 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 1.614 km SW of Emery, Utah · 1706 days ago · -2 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.825 km ENE of Torrey, Utah · 1707 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.912 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1715 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.819 km WNW of Emery, Utah · 1717 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.623 km ENE of Torrey, Utah · 1718 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60480147. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC.