Utah earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake Utah

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in Utah on Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 12:43 PM MDT (18:43 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 2 km NNW of Circleville, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2022-09-17 18:43:21 UTC
Depth
-0.5 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.492° N, 112.841° 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, 0.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
71°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.115 km NW of Parowan, Utah · 1472 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.218 km E of Milford, Utah · 1471 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 1.515 km WNW of Minersville, Utah · 1460 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.06 km W of Circleville, Utah · 1454 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.0Utah · 1453 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.017 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 1452 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 2.117 km SE of Beaver, Utah · 1452 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.98 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 1452 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.919 km NE of Paragonah, Utah · 1448 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.52 km NNW of Circleville, Utah · 1446 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.66 km S of Summit, Utah · 1420 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 1.97 km S of Summit, Utah · 1481 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.19 km W of Enoch, Utah · 1486 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.18 km ESE of Panguitch, Utah · 1490 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 1.917 km N of Panguitch, Utah · 1491 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.518 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 1492 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.65 km WNW of Summit, Utah · 1499 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60515372. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC.