PRESS RELEASE

University of Utah Seismograph Stations

Released: February 13, 2026 07:14 PM MST

The University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS) reports that a minor earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred at 06:32 PM on February 13, 2026. The epicenter of the shock was located about 2 mi north-north-west of West Valley City, UT. Since 1981, the UUSS has located 232 M2 or greater events within 15 mi of this event's epicenter. The largest of these events was the March 2020 M5.7 Magna earthquake (https://quake.utah.edu/research/magna-sequence/). This event is possibly an aftershock of the 2020 earthquake, and has had two aftershocks of its own so far. The earthquake was widely felt along the Wasatch Front with more than 2800 responses at this time.

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/uu80129556/tellus