Nevada earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 53 km S of Goldfield, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 53 km S of Goldfield, Nevada on Thu, Sep 7, 2017, 12:04 AM PDT (07:04 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 20km ESE of Lone Pine, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2017-09-07 07:04:26 UTC
Depth
21.0 km (13.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.224° N, 117.228° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Station coverage gap
170°
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.520km ESE of Lone Pine, CA · 3313 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.220km ESE of Lone Pine, CA · 3313 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.920km ESE of Lone Pine, CA · 3312 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.724 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada · 3307 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.953km ENE of Independence, CA · 3304 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.817 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 3299 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.338 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 3297 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.531 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 3296 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 1.634 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 3294 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 1.963 km NNE of Keeler, California · 3293 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.88 km SW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 3293 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 1.525 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada · 3288 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  13. 1.850 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 3288 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 1.812 km NNW of Independence, California · 3279 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.5California-Nevada border region · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.613 km W of Furnace Creek, California · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 1.661 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 3266 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.923 km NE of Independence, California · 3264 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.645 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada · 3264 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 2.021 km NNW of Furnace Creek, California · 3257 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 1.611 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 3320 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.756 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 3324 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.233km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 3336 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.717 km SE of Dyer, Nevada · 3336 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.416 km SE of Dyer, Nevada · 3336 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.212km SW of Furnace Creek, CA · 3345 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00604037. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC.