Nevada earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 19 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 19 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada on Wed, Aug 21, 1985, 8:15 PM PDT (03:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (ml), light
Local time
UTC
1985-08-22 03:15:36 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.587° N, 117.395° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.651km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 15014 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.848km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 15014 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 3.251km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 15014 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.461km E of Big Pine, CA · 15012 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.561km E of Big Pine, CA · 15011 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.120 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 15009 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 3.722 km E of Big Pine, California · 15002 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.417km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 14998 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.26 km ENE of Mesa, California · 14962 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.548km S of Tonopah, NV · 15014 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 3.010 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 15014 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.04 km ESE of Bishop, California · 15015 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.66 km NNE of Mesa, California · 15018 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.15 km NNE of Mesa, California · 15019 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.55 km NE of Mesa, California · 15021 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.87 km ESE of Wilkerson, California · 15023 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.316km NNW of Beatty, NV · 15033 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 2.520km NW of Beatty, NV · 15037 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 3.227 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada · 15037 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.57 km SE of Wilkerson, California · 15039 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002j03 (also filed as ci110381). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:51 AM UTC.