M1.8 earthquake 8 km SW of Silver Peak, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Silver Peak, Nevada on Fri, Sep 29, 2017, 6:03 AM PDT (13:03 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.3 33 km N of Dyer, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 121.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00607504. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.