M2.2 earthquake 15 km S of Brian Head, Utah
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 15 km S of Brian Head, Utah on Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 1:36 PM MST (20:36 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 Arizona. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-20 20:36:42 UTC
- Depth
- 11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.556° N, 112.864° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.813 km S of Brian Head, Utah · 1353 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.919 km W of Enoch, Utah · 1350 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.64 km ESE of Springdale, Utah · 1344 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.94 km E of Springdale, Utah · 1344 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 1341 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.3Utah · 1340 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1339 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.7Utah · 1339 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.02 km ESE of Springdale, Utah · 1336 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.6Arizona · 1334 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.710 km NNW of Junction, Utah · 1329 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.74 km W of Summit, Utah · 1327 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.89 km SSW of Saint George, Utah · 1325 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.610 km E of Fredonia, Arizona · 1324 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 1317 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.89 km E of Springdale, Utah · 1312 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.88 km E of Fredonia, Arizona · 1308 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 1307 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Circleville, Utah · 1306 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.3Arizona · 1303 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.720 km SW of Minersville, Utah · 1299 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Kanarraville, Utah · 1297 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 1.513 km NE of Hildale, Utah · 1355 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Fredonia, Arizona · 1359 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.25 km SSE of Kanab, Utah · 1359 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.59 km WNW of Enoch, Utah · 1362 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1366 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Milford, Utah · 1378 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8Utah · 1378 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.99 km ENE of Fredonia, Arizona · 1383 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60529997. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:54 PM UTC.