Nevada earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 43km SSW of Tonopah, NV

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 43km SSW of Tonopah, NV on Mon, Sep 28, 1981, 10:48 AM PDT (17:48 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 43km SSW of Tonopah, NV. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (mc), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-09-28 17:48:31 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.694° N, 117.349° 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
231°, 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: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.943km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 16430 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.263km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16429 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.352km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.840km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.851km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 1.760km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.341km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.054km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.649km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.855km NW of Tonopah, NV · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.641km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.070km W of Tonopah, NV · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.564km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16428 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.536km ENE of Bishop, CA · 16425 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 3.423 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 16415 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.124 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 16415 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.621km NW of Beatty, NV · 16415 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.524km NW of Beatty, NV · 16414 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 3.524 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 16413 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.78km NE of Big Pine, CA · 16411 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.426km NW of Beatty, NV · 16404 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.765km E of Big Pine, CA · 16398 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.842km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16388 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 1.629km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16384 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.334km S of Tonopah, NV · 16381 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 1.533km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 16380 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.742km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 16380 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 2.664km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16378 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 3.086km NNE of Beatty, NV · 16378 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 3.120 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada · 16378 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 3.044km NNW of Beatty, NV · 16378 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 1.925km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16377 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 2.651km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16375 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 1.558km SW of Tonopah, NV · 16372 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away

Before

  1. 1.943km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 16430 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.842km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 16430 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.260km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16434 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.630km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 16437 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.155km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16455 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci523718. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.