M2.3 earthquake 55 km NW of McGill, Nevada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 55 km NW of McGill, Nevada on Wed, Jul 25, 2018, 1:52 AM PDT (08:52 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-25 08:52:05 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.767° N, 115.220° 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
- 92°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.8Nevada · 2986 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.254 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2975 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Ruth, Nevada · 2956 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Ely, Nevada · 2956 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Ely, Nevada · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.69 km NE of Eureka, Nevada · 2939 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00646486. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC.