M1.7 earthquake 53km NNW of Pahrump, NV
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 53km NNW of Pahrump, NV on Fri, Apr 24, 1981, 8:39 AM PST (16:39 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 64km N of Pahrump, NV. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-04-24 16:39:20 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.673° N, 116.131° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 226°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.533km SSE of Pahrump, NV · 16597 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.964km N of Pahrump, NV · 16596 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 2.168km E of Beatty, NV · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.836km NW of Beatty, NV · 16599 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.157km NNW of Pahrump, NV · 16610 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.368km E of Beatty, NV · 16610 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.333km N of Beatty, NV · 16614 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci516967. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC.