The May 24, 1980 earthquake
M5.0near Mount Nebo, Utah
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake 3.1 miles deep, centred in Utah County. The 24th strongest in Utah’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.0 on July 7, 1963.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 3.1 mi
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Saturday, May 24, 1980
- 04:03 MDT; 10:03 UTC
- In Utah’s record
- 24th
- strongest of 2,224 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event usp00017d8 (“1 km SSW of Mount Nebo, 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
- Utah CountyUT · inside
- Juab CountyUT · 4.2 mi
- Tooele CountyUT · 12.4 mi
- Sanpete CountyUT · 19.2 mi
- Millard CountyUT · 29.5 mi
- Salt Lake CountyUT · 33.3 mi
- Wasatch CountyUT · 36.5 mi
- Carbon CountyUT · 39.0 mi
- Emery CountyUT · 41.4 mi
Cities, largest first
- West JordanUT · 46.0 mi
- ProvoUT · 27.2 mi
- LehiUT · 33.5 mi
- OremUT · 28.6 mi
- SandyUT · 44.3 mi
- South JordanUT · 42.7 mi
- Eagle MountainUT · 26.2 mi
- HerrimanUT · 38.4 mi
- Saratoga SpringsUT · 28.3 mi
- TaylorsvilleUT · 49.8 mi
- MurrayUT · 49.5 mi
- DraperUT · 39.1 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
53 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.