M1.6 earthquake 51 km SW of Preston, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 51 km SW of Preston, Nevada on Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 1:39 AM PST (09:39 UTC), 3 km (2 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-01-29 09:39:58 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.648° N, 115.552° 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
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.761 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 3149 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.011 km WSW of Ruth, Nevada · 3148 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.571 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3145 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.247 km N of Hiko, Nevada · 3144 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 3142 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 1.654 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.054 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.953 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.069 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 3194 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00619929. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.