Nevada earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 53 km WSW of Preston, Nevada

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 53 km WSW of Preston, Nevada on Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 5:46 PM PST (01:46 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 47 km N of Hiko, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2018-01-29 01:46:59 UTC
Depth
2.2 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.679° N, 115.603° W
Region
Nevada
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.9ML, local (Richter)Nevada Seismological LaboratoryPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.26 · 9 stations
2.9ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.26 · 9 stations

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Station coverage gap
81°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.554 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.054 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.654 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.651 km SW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.761 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 3149 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.011 km WSW of Ruth, Nevada · 3148 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.571 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3145 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 3.247 km N of Hiko, Nevada · 3144 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.962 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 3142 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 2.069 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 3194 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00619913 (also filed as us2000cqtg). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.