The May 6, 1934 earthquake
M5.5near Howell, Utah
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake, centred in Box Elder County. The 9th strongest in Utah’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.9 on March 12, 1934.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5
- surface-wave magnitude (ms)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Sunday, May 6, 1934
- 01:09 MST; 08:09 UTC
- In Utah’s record
- 9th
- strongest of 2,224 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis1061 (“56 km SW of Howell, 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
- Box Elder CountyUT · inside
- Cassia CountyID · 34.4 mi
- Oneida CountyID · 34.4 mi
- Tooele CountyUT · 36.1 mi
- Weber CountyUT · 39.3 mi
- Davis CountyUT · 39.3 mi
Cities, largest first
- Brigham CityUT · 49.1 mi
- TremontonUT · 44.6 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
106 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
Earlier earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles, strongest first
- March 12, 1934M6.6
- March 12, 1934M5.9
- October 5, 1909M5.6
- April 14, 1934M5.2
- March 12, 1934M5.1
- March 15, 1934M5.1
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.