Utah earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake Utah

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck in Utah on Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:26 PM MST (23:26 UTC), 20 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 15 km S of Brian Head, 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
2022-12-26 23:26:44 UTC
Depth
20.4 km (12.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.004° N, 112.416° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
212°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.25 km SSE of Kanab, Utah · 1359 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.96 km NNE of Fredonia, Arizona · 1359 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 1.513 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 1355 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.215 km S of Brian Head, Utah · 1353 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.813 km S of Brian Head, Utah · 1353 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.64 km ESE of Springdale, Utah · 1344 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.94 km E of Springdale, Utah · 1344 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.02 km ESE of Springdale, Utah · 1336 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.6Arizona · 1334 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.610 km E of Fredonia, Arizona · 1324 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away

Before

  1. 1.637 km S of Saint George, Utah · 1382 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.99 km ENE of Fredonia, Arizona · 1383 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.96 km ENE of Kanab, Utah · 1393 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60528747. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:58 PM UTC.