M1.5 earthquake 7 km SW of Ely, Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Ely, Nevada on Sat, Sep 1, 2018, 3:35 AM PDT (10:35 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 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
- 2018-09-01 10:35:41 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.196° N, 114.949° 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
- ±0.28
- Station coverage gap
- 135°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.0Nevada · 2948 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.69 km NE of Eureka, Nevada · 2939 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.728 km ENE of McGill, Nevada · 2916 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2898 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00654260. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:37 AM UTC.