M1.5 earthquake 54 km WSW of Preston, Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 54 km WSW of Preston, Nevada on Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 9:14 PM PST (05:14 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.
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
- 2018-01-29 05:14:53 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.664° N, 115.604° 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
- ±0.29
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 7
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.054 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.761 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 3149 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.011 km WSW of Ruth, Nevada · 3148 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.571 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3145 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.247 km N of Hiko, Nevada · 3144 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 3142 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00619920. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.