M1.7 earthquake 10 km NNW of Junction, Utah
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 10 km NNW of Junction, Utah on Mon, Feb 13, 2023, 1:03 AM MST (08:03 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 26 km SW of Kanosh, Utah. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-02-13 08:03:24 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.319° N, 112.273° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 229°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.627 km WSW of Emery, Utah · 1328 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.74 km W of Summit, Utah · 1327 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.918 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1319 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of Milford, Utah · 1319 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Enoch, Utah · 1317 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.126 km SW of Kanosh, Utah · 1317 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Panguitch, Utah · 1307 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of Circleville, Utah · 1306 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.720 km SW of Minersville, Utah · 1299 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.09 km E of Beaver, Utah · 1288 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.118 km NE of Paragonah, Utah · 1283 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.6Utah · 1282 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Junction, Utah · 1278 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6Utah · 1276 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.818 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1273 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.118 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1273 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.118 km NE of Milford, Utah · 1273 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Aurora, Utah · 1271 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.54 km SE of Aurora, Utah · 1271 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 1.7Utah · 1339 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Panguitch, Utah · 1339 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.3Utah · 1340 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Circleville, Utah · 1341 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.813 km S of Brian Head, Utah · 1353 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.215 km S of Brian Head, Utah · 1353 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60531046. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.