M2.2 earthquake 22 km NNE of Hiko, Nevada
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 22 km NNE of Hiko, Nevada on Thu, Aug 30, 2018, 6:54 AM PDT (13:54 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 11 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-30 13:54:04 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.775° N, 115.091° 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
- ±0.34
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.615 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 2941 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.838 km SSW of Rachel, Nevada · 2923 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.911 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 2920 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.652 km NNE of Rachel, Nevada · 2917 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.373 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2909 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.934 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 2900 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.537 km W of Veyo, Utah · 2897 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 1.945 km NNW of Ursine, Nevada · 2963 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.138 km NNW of Ursine, Nevada · 2969 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.638 km NNW of Ursine, Nevada · 2978 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.737 km NNW of Ursine, Nevada · 2979 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.535 km NNW of Ursine, Nevada · 2982 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00653983. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC.