M1.5 earthquake 22 km W of Preston, Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 22 km W of Preston, Nevada on Tue, Nov 28, 2017, 6:58 AM PST (14:58 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 69 km SSW of Lund, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-28 14:58:48 UTC
- Depth
- 2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.882° N, 115.315° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Station coverage gap
- 218°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.953 km WNW of Preston, Nevada · 3222 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.681 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3221 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.678 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 3220 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.664 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 3219 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.632 km WSW of Lund, Nevada · 3205 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.773 km SW of Preston, Nevada · 3202 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.069 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 3195 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00613759. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:07 PM UTC.