M1.6 earthquake 19 km SSE of Crescent Valley, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19 km SSE of Crescent Valley, Nevada on Mon, Sep 10, 2018, 12:29 AM PDT (07:29 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 40 km NNW of Carlin, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-10 07:29:31 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.258° N, 116.465° 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
- ±0.00
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.69 km NE of Eureka, Nevada · 2940 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.140 km NNW of Carlin, Nevada · 2937 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Carlin, Nevada · 2915 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.613 km ESE of Austin, Nevada · 2912 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.936 km WNW of Carlin, Nevada · 2899 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00655942. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:25 PM UTC.