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