M 5.9 earthquake – 35 km SSW of Howell, Utah
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Local time: Mar 12, 1934 · 11:20 (UTC-7)
ModerateShallow · 15 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.9moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 15 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 41.531, -112.68156 km from Brigham City
- Energy released
- 11 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 4M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 528USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Mar 12, 1934.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 11 kilotons of TNT, 22 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
4 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around United States.
- 6.9 The 1983 Borah Peak Earthquake, Idaho Oct 28, 1983
- 6.6 The 1934 Hansel Valley, Utah Earthquake Mar 12, 1934
- 6.1 17 km NE of Snowville, Utah Mar 28, 1975
- 5.9 8 km ENE of Wells, Nevada Feb 21, 2008
- 5.8 8 km W of Garden City, Utah Aug 30, 1962
- 5.8 4 km SSE of Auburn, Wyoming Feb 3, 1994
- 5.7 5 km NNE of Magna, Utah Mar 18, 2020
- 5.6 Hansel Valley, Utah Oct 6, 1909
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.