M2.7 earthquake 28 km ENE of McGill, Nevada
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 28 km ENE of McGill, Nevada on Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 1:17 PM PDT (20:17 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-10-09 20:17:20 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.518° N, 114.485° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Station coverage gap
- 212°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00660228. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.