M1.6 earthquake 9 km NE of Eureka, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Eureka, Nevada on Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 5:47 AM PDT (12:47 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 79 km SSW of Eureka, 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
- 2018-09-17 12:47:04 UTC
- Depth
- 3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.570° N, 115.876° 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
- ±0.13
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.613 km ESE of Austin, Nevada · 2911 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2906 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 1.619 km SSE of Crescent Valley, Nevada · 2946 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.0Nevada · 2948 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Ely, Nevada · 2955 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Ely, Nevada · 2955 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Ruth, Nevada · 2956 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00656867. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.