M1.7 earthquake 21 km NW of Silver Peak, Nevada

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Nevada Seismological Laboratory

Local time

Thu, Jan 17, 2002, 11:37 PM PST

UTC

2002-01-18 07:37:07 UTC

Depth

4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.914° N, 117.770° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Station coverage gap

92°

Stations used

17

• Tonopah, NevadaPopulation 2,478. Forecast50 kmWSW
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast203 kmESE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast209 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast432 kmN

After

1. 1.534 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jan 18, 10:14 PM PST · 9025 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
2. 1.623 km ENE of Mina, NevadaSat, Jan 19, 1:42 AM PST · 9025 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
3. 1.638 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Jan 19, 6:50 AM PST · 9025 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
4. 1.534 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jan 23, 6:16 PM PST · 9020 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
5. 1.72 km SSE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaWed, Jan 23, 9:35 PM PST · 9020 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
6. 1.535 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Jan 24, 9:57 PM PST · 9019 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
7. 1.537 km S of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Jan 27, 5:57 AM PST · 9017 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
8. 2.17 km NNE of Benton, CaliforniaMon, Jan 28, 7:09 AM PST · 9016 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
9. 1.633 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaTue, Jan 29, 4:23 PM PST · 9014 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
10. 2.033 km SW of Mina, NevadaWed, Jan 30, 10:10 AM PST · 9014 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
11. 2.329 km SW of Mina, NevadaWed, Jan 30, 10:13 AM PST · 9014 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
12. 3.02 km W of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Jan 31, 7:10 PM PST · 9012 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
13. 1.535 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Feb 3, 8:33 AM PST · 9010 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
14. 2.231 km N of Benton, CaliforniaSun, Feb 3, 3:16 PM PST · 9009 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
15. 1.63 km N of Mesa, CaliforniaMon, Feb 4, 4:31 PM PST · 9008 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
16. 1.538 km E of Big Pine, CaliforniaWed, Feb 6, 4:17 AM PST · 9007 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
17. 2.522 km WNW of Mina, NevadaWed, Feb 6, 7:15 AM PST · 9007 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
18. 2.22 km SSE of Round Valley, CaliforniaThu, Feb 7, 3:35 PM PST · 9005 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
19. 1.829 km WNW of Tonopah, NevadaSat, Feb 9, 9:42 PM PST · 9003 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
20. 1.817 km NE of Hawthorne, NevadaMon, Feb 11, 6:59 PM PST · 9001 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
21. 1.540 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Feb 12, 1:00 AM PST · 9001 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
22. 1.537 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Feb 12, 6:44 PM PST · 9000 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
23. 1.840 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Feb 12, 7:45 PM PST · 9000 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
24. 1.539 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Feb 13, 12:18 AM PST · 9000 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
25. 2.834 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Feb 16, 3:27 AM PST · 8997 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
26. 1.621 km NW of Silver Peak, NevadaSat, Feb 16, 4:16 AM PST · 8997 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
27. 2.11 km SSW of Dyer, NevadaSun, Feb 17, 3:57 AM PST · 8996 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
28. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Feb 18, 1:42 PM PST · 8995 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
29. 1.510 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaMon, Feb 18, 10:24 PM PST · 8994 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
30. 3.339 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Feb 18, 11:32 PM PST · 8994 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
31. 2.038 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Feb 19, 9:20 AM PST · 8994 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
32. 2.539 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Feb 19, 9:23 AM PST · 8994 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
33. 1.640 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Feb 19, 4:40 PM PST · 8993 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
34. 1.740 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Feb 19, 11:35 PM PST · 8993 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
35. 1.539 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Feb 20, 12:11 AM PST · 8993 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
36. 1.838 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Feb 20, 4:34 AM PST · 8993 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
37. 2.835 km SSW of Mina, NevadaThu, Feb 21, 12:19 AM PST · 8992 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
38. 3.22 km E of Mesa, CaliforniaThu, Feb 21, 1:52 AM PST · 8992 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
39. 1.860 km WNW of Beatty, NevadaThu, Feb 21, 8:16 AM PST · 8992 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
40. 1.722 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaSat, Feb 23, 2:28 PM PST · 8989 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
41. 1.629 km SW of Mina, NevadaSun, Feb 24, 12:53 AM PST · 8989 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
42. 1.539 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Feb 25, 8:50 AM PST · 8988 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
43. 1.52 km ESE of Mesa, CaliforniaMon, Feb 25, 11:52 PM PST · 8987 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
44. 2.117 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaTue, Feb 26, 8:32 AM PST · 8987 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
45. 1.78 km SE of Big Pine, CaliforniaTue, Feb 26, 8:40 PM PST · 8986 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
46. 1.836 km S of Mina, NevadaWed, Feb 27, 7:42 AM PST · 8986 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
47. 2.935 km SSW of Mina, NevadaWed, Feb 27, 8:14 AM PST · 8986 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
48. 1.535 km S of Mina, NevadaWed, Feb 27, 5:05 PM PST · 8985 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
49. 1.530 km SW of Mina, NevadaWed, Feb 27, 11:40 PM PST · 8985 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
50. 1.736 km S of Mina, NevadaThu, Feb 28, 7:28 AM PST · 8985 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
51. 1.735 km S of Mina, NevadaThu, Feb 28, 5:30 PM PST · 8984 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
52. 1.736 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Mar 1, 5:27 PM PST · 8983 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
53. 2.135 km S of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 2, 1:06 AM PST · 8983 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
54. 1.937 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Mar 2, 11:49 PM PST · 8982 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
55. 1.736 km SW of Benton, CASun, Mar 3, 3:24 AM PST · 8982 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
56. 2.65 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaSun, Mar 3, 6:27 PM PST · 8981 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
57. 1.935 km S of Mina, NevadaMon, Mar 4, 3:12 AM PST · 8981 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
58. 1.531 km WSW of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 5, 10:20 AM PST · 8980 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
59. 3.2California-Nevada border regionTue, Mar 5, 2:23 PM PST · 8979 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
60. 2.037 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Mar 7, 11:42 AM PST · 8978 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 85.

Before

1. 1.71 km WSW of Mesa, CaliforniaThu, Jan 17, 2:36 PM PST · 9026 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
2. 1.621 km NW of Silver Peak, NevadaWed, Jan 16, 1:53 PM PST · 9028 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
3. 2.721 km NW of Silver Peak, NevadaWed, Jan 16, 1:17 PM PST · 9028 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
4. 1.639 km NNW of Benton, CaliforniaMon, Jan 14, 8:26 AM PST · 9030 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
5. 1.87 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Jan 14, 8:00 AM PST · 9030 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
6. 1.99 km SSW of Hawthorne, NevadaSun, Jan 13, 4:11 PM PST · 9030 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
7. 2.321 km NW of Silver Peak, NevadaSun, Jan 13, 5:39 AM PST · 9031 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
8. 1.613 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Jan 11, 2:49 AM PST · 9033 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
9. 1.69 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Jan 10, 9:30 PM PST · 9033 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
10. 2.032 km WSW of Mina, NevadaThu, Jan 10, 1:28 AM PST · 9034 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
11. 2.361 km SSW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jan 9, 5:44 AM PST · 9035 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
12. 2.113 km NE of Mesa, CaliforniaTue, Jan 8, 11:18 AM PST · 9036 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
13. 1.654 km S of Silver Peak, NevadaMon, Jan 7, 3:12 PM PST · 9036 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
14. 2.76 km E of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Jan 6, 10:50 PM PST · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
15. 1.513 km W of Mina, NevadaThu, Jan 3, 10:01 PM PST · 9040 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
16. 2.511 km ENE of Bishop, CaliforniaThu, Jan 3, 3:08 PM PST · 9040 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
17. 1.545 km E of Big Pine, CaliforniaWed, Jan 2, 6:26 PM PST · 9041 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
18. 1.633 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaSun, Dec 30, 2:24 PM PST · 9044 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
19. 1.635 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Dec 28, 4:23 PM PST · 9046 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
20. 2.040 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Dec 28, 10:22 AM PST · 9047 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00043400. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC.