M1.5 earthquake 31 km SW of Lovelock, Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 31 km SW of Lovelock, Nevada on Fri, Jan 12, 2018, 10:45 AM PST (18:45 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 54 km ESE of Lovelock, 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
- 2018-01-12 18:45:28 UTC
- Depth
- 8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.015° N, 118.780° 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
- ±0.23
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.613 km NE of Spanish Springs, Nevada · 3187 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.535 km NE of Fallon, Nevada · 3183 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.926 km SW of Lovelock, Nevada · 3181 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.554 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 3171 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 1.955 km ESE of Lovelock, Nevada · 3170 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.72 km SW of Gerlach, Nevada · 3143 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00617993. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC.