The April 6, 1934 earthquake
M5.5near Avon, Utah
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake, centred in Cache County. The 9th strongest in Utah’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Friday, April 6, 1934
- 19:16 MST; 02:16 UTC on Apr 7, 1934
- In Utah’s record
- 9th
- strongest of 2,224 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis1053 (“26 km E of Avon, Utah”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Cache CountyUT · inside
- Rich CountyUT · 1.2 mi
- Weber CountyUT · 5.3 mi
- Morgan CountyUT · 10.3 mi
- Box Elder CountyUT · 19.3 mi
- Lincoln CountyWY · 24.1 mi
- Uinta CountyWY · 24.1 mi
- Summit CountyUT · 26.5 mi
- Davis CountyUT · 31.0 mi
- Franklin CountyID · 34.5 mi
- Bear Lake CountyID · 34.5 mi
- Salt Lake CountyUT · 45.7 mi
- Oneida CountyID · 46.6 mi
Cities, largest first
- OgdenUT · 30.7 mi
- LaytonUT · 37.7 mi
- LoganUT · 24.2 mi
- BountifulUT · 47.3 mi
- SyracuseUT · 41.2 mi
- RoyUT · 36.4 mi
- ClearfieldUT · 38.7 mi
- KaysvilleUT · 39.9 mi
- FarmingtonUT · 41.4 mi
- West HavenUT · 35.0 mi
- ClintonUT · 38.6 mi
- North OgdenUT · 27.0 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
81 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.