Nevada earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 28 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 28 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada on Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:16 PM PDT (22:16 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 17km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2018-10-11 22:16:53 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.380° N, 118.892° 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
±0.30
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.617km ENE of Lee Vining, CA · 2915 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.519 km E of Walker, California · 2911 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.614 km NNW of Dyer, Nevada · 2909 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.84km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2909 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.040km E of Lee Vining, CA · 2908 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.240km E of Lee Vining, CA · 2908 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.532 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2908 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.739km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV · 2907 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.13km W of Bridgeport, CA · 2906 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  10. 2.013km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 2906 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.24km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2905 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 2.617km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 2905 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 16
  13. 1.842km S of Qualeys Camp, NV · 2902 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.628 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2900 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.629 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2899 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.627 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2899 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.614km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 2896 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.514km W of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2895 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.87km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2894 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 1.67km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2894 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.17km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2894 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 1.941km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2894 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 1.718 km NW of Benton, California · 2893 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 1.528 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2891 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 1.712km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2890 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 1.64km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2887 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.621 km SE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2887 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 2.14km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2887 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.928 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2886 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 1.720km SSW of Bridgeport, CA · 2886 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 1.913km W of Toms Place, CA · 2885 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 1.630 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2884 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 1.814km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 2883 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.57km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2883 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.219 km N of Benton, California · 2882 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 1.53 km SW of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 2880 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 1.53 km WSW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2878 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.47km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2877 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  39. 1.87km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2877 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.614km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2877 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 1.528 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2875 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 2.511 km SSW of Schurz, Nevada · 2875 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 1.716km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 2874 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.528 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2874 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  45. 1.512 km SSW of Schurz, Nevada · 2870 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 2.07km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2870 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  47. 2.24km W of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2870 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.24km W of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2870 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 1.64km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2870 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 1.94km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2870 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  51. 2.14km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2870 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 1.64km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2870 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 2.04km WNW of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2870 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.55 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2867 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  55. 1.620 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2867 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 1.811 km SSW of Schurz, Nevada · 2867 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 1.520 km ENE of Mina, Nevada · 2866 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 1.527 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2865 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 1.67 km SSE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada · 2865 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.718km SSE of Bodie, CA · 2864 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.038km N of Toms Place, CA · 2918 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.99 km ESE of Mesa Vista, California · 2918 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.313km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2919 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.611 km N of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2919 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.530 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2920 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.97km S of Toms Place, CA · 2922 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 1.534 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 2923 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.616km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 2924 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.313km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 2925 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.612km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2925 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.428 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2926 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.96 km SE of Schurz, Nevada · 2926 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.513km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2928 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 1.611km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2929 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.714km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 2929 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.617km S of Bridgeport, CA · 2930 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.26km WNW of Bridgeport, CA · 2931 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.56km WNW of Bridgeport, CA · 2931 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.54km NE of Toms Place, CA · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 1.74km ENE of Toms Place, CA · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00660591. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC.