The July 7, 1963 earthquake
M5.0near Nephi, Utah
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake 6.2 miles deep, centred in Juab County. The 21st strongest in Utah’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 6.2 mi
- 10.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Sunday, July 7, 1963
- 12:20 MST; 19:20 UTC
- In Utah’s record
- 21st
- strongest of 2,224 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event iscgem872679 (“3 km WSW of Nephi, 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
- Juab CountyUT · inside
- Sanpete CountyUT · 8.2 mi
- Utah CountyUT · 9.2 mi
- Millard CountyUT · 20.3 mi
- Tooele CountyUT · 27.0 mi
- Emery CountyUT · 33.1 mi
- Carbon CountyUT · 33.1 mi
- Wasatch CountyUT · 41.0 mi
- Sevier CountyUT · 45.7 mi
- Salt Lake CountyUT · 50.0 mi
Cities, largest first
- ProvoUT · 39.7 mi
- LehiUT · 49.7 mi
- OremUT · 42.4 mi
- Eagle MountainUT · 43.2 mi
- Saratoga SpringsUT · 44.7 mi
- Spanish ForkUT · 31.1 mi
- American ForkUT · 47.1 mi
- Pleasant GroveUT · 47.0 mi
- SpringvilleUT · 34.9 mi
- PaysonUT · 24.4 mi
- SantaquinUT · 19.2 mi
- MapletonUT · 33.1 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
88 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.