Utah earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake Utah

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck in Utah on Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 8:39 AM MDT (14:39 UTC), 6 km (4 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
1.7 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2022-10-19 14:39:07 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.227° N, 111.276° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
135°
Stations used
12

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.52 km NNW of Circleville, Utah · 1445 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.86 km NNW of Emery, Utah · 1438 days ago · -3 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.67 km NW of Emery, Utah · 1419 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.821 km NE of Panguitch, Utah · 1412 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.77 km NW of Emery, Utah · 1411 days ago · -3 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.511 km W of Emery, Utah · 1411 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.528 km ESE of Hanksville, Utah · 1405 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.86 km NW of Emery, Utah · 1403 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.66 km NW of Emery, Utah · 1402 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.86 km NW of Emery, Utah · 1397 days ago · -3 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.85 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 1394 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 1.5Utah · 1446 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.314 km SE of Torrey, Utah · 1446 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.98 km WSW of Circleville, Utah · 1452 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.0Utah · 1452 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.06 km W of Circleville, Utah · 1453 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.57 km NNW of Emery, Utah · 1465 days ago · -3 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.0Utah · 1471 days ago · -3 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.07 km NNW of Emery, Utah · 1471 days ago · -3 km deep · 84 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60521147. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:45 AM UTC.