The October 4, 1967 earthquake
M5.0near Marysvale, Utah
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake 6.2 miles deep, centred in Sevier County. The 20th strongest in Utah’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.2 on September 29, 1921.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 6.2 mi
- 10.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Wednesday, October 4, 1967
- 04:20 MDT; 10:20 UTC
- In Utah’s record
- 20th
- strongest of 2,224 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event iscgem829986 (“10 km NE of Marysvale, 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
- Sevier CountyUT · inside
- Millard CountyUT · 14.6 mi
- Beaver CountyUT · 15.8 mi
- Piute CountyUT · 15.8 mi
- Wayne CountyUT · 16.8 mi
- Garfield CountyUT · 31.0 mi
- Iron CountyUT · 31.3 mi
- Sanpete CountyUT · 37.4 mi
- Emery CountyUT · 45.1 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
171 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
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.