Explore historical earthquake data mapped to the Colorado Plateau landscape and canyon region
This collection serves as a factual repository of recorded earthquake events occurring within proximity to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Users can examine documented seismic history, including specific event magnitudes, epicentre coordinates, and calculated distances from the protected area, providing a clearer understanding of local seismic records on the Colorado Plateau.
A vast reservoir-and-desert landscape straddling the Arizona, Utah border, centered on Lake Powell and the canyons of the Colorado River.
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is a large federal protected landscape in the southwestern United States, straddling the border between northern Arizona and southern Utah. It surrounds Lake Powell, the reservoir created by Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River, and extends through the rugged canyon country south of Canyonlands National Park. The recreation area preserves an immense stretch of high desert terrain shaped by rivers, wind, and ancient seas, with soaring sandstone cliffs, narrow side canyons, and broad slickrock benches. Unlike a strictly preserved national park, Glen Canyon NRA was created to balance public recreation with the protection of scenic, scientific, and historic values. Visitors come for houseboating, watersports, fishing, and sightseeing on Lake Powell, while also exploring tributary slot canyons and backcountry mesas. The recreation area is bordered by other iconic Colorado Plateau landscapes, including Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Grand Staircase–Escalante, and the Navajo Nation, placing it firmly within one of the most geologically distinctive regions of the American West. The presence of the reservoir defines much of the modern experience of the recreation area, but the underlying landforms remain those of the Colorado Plateau: layered sandstones, canyon labyrinths, and arid mesas stretching toward the horizon. Glen Canyon NRA serves as both a major outdoor recreation destination and a gateway to the broader canyon country of the Four Corners region.
Review Glen Canyon National Recreation Area dates, depths, and distances
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area’s search relates earthquake epicentres to the Colorado Plateau by distance, without interpreting nearby records as events within its boundary. Dates, magnitudes, depths, place descriptions, separation, and sources support historical review without conclusions about sandstone canyons, Lake Powell, present danger, causes, impacts, or future events.
This page describes catalogued earthquakes associated with the park by epicentre location and distance. It does not establish causation, assess current danger, or predict future earthquakes.
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Beyond Glen Canyon National Recreation Area earthquake history
Northeast
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Canyonlands National Park, in Utah, United States of America. Landscapes: canyons, plateaus, and hills.
North
Explore Capitol Reef National Park's mapped terrain and boundaries.
Capitol Reef National Park, in Utah, United States of America. Landscapes: mountains, valleys, and plateaus.
Southwest
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The Grand Canyon exposes layers of rock across a vast canyon landscape in Arizona.
North
Mapped protected forest boundaries across the Colorado Plateau
Spanning over one million acres, Manti, La Sal National Forest defines a critical segment of Utah geography. This protected landscape encompasses diverse terrain including subalpine mountains, aspen-rich uplands, and deep canyon networks. Use this atlas to examine the distinct environmental characteristics that separate the northern forested plateaus from the southern wilderness canyons.
Southwest
High-elevation forest terrain bordering the Grand Canyon
Spanning over 1.6 million acres in Arizona, Kaibab National Forest is characterized by its split geographic configuration, with distinct sections flanking the North and South rims of the Grand Canyon. The terrain ranges from the high-altitude Kaibab Plateau to volcanic uplands near Williams, encompassing four designated wilderness areas and varied forest ecosystems that provide a critical buffer for the surrounding canyon country.
Northeast
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Arches National Park, in Utah, United States of America. Landscapes: plateaus and cliffs.
Southwest
Extensive tributary canyon systems and plateau terrain
Kanab Creek Wilderness represents a vast protected area in northern Arizona, defined by deep gorges and vertical cliffs etched into the Kanab and Kaibab Plateaus. This geographic atlas entry provides insights into the canyon network that feeds the Colorado River, highlighting the extreme elevation gradients and archaeological significance of this rugged wilderness.
Northwest
Explore the unique geology and protected boundaries of Bryce Canyon National Park.
Bryce Canyon National Park, in Utah, United States of America. Landscapes: plateaus, cliffs, and canyons.
Delve deeper into the mapped geography and environmental context of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. This MoriAtlas destination provides a structured overview of the sandstone cliffs, slot canyons, and reservoir systems that define this significant American protected area.