Month: July 2024

M 4.5 near Brian Head, UT

Posted on by Mark Hale

PRESS RELEASE

University of Utah Seismograph Stations

Released: July 28, 2024 11:41 PM MDT

The University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS) reports that a light earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred at 11:29 PM on July 28, 2024. The epicenter of the shock was located about 19 mi southeast of Cedar City, UT. Since 1981, the UUSS has located 77 M2 or greater events within 15 mi of this event’s epicenter. As of the time of this writing, there have been over 700 felt reports for this event.

Anyone who felt the earthquake is encouraged to fill out a survey form on the US Geological Survey website: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uu80076711/tellus

M 2.9 near St. George, UT

Posted on by Paul Roberson

PRESS RELEASE

University of Utah Seismograph Stations

Released: July 23, 2024 10:48 PM MDT

The University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS) reports that an earthquake of magnitude 2.9 occurred at 10:33 PM on July 23, 2024.  The epicenter of the shock was located about 1.9 mi northeast of the St. George Regional Airport.  Since 1981, the UUSS has located 121 M2 or greater events within 15 mi of this event’s epicenter.  The largest of these events was a magnitude 5.9 which occurred on September 02, 1992. As of the time of this writing there have been 42 reports of people feeling the earthquake.

Anyone who felt the earthquake is encouraged to fill out a survey form on the US Geological Survey website: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uu80076336/tellus