M1.8 earthquake 41 km NW of Preston, Nevada
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 41 km NW of Preston, Nevada on Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 5:07 AM PDT (12:07 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-18 12:07:01 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.134° N, 115.453° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 264°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.242 km SW of Lund, Nevada · 3025 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.941 km SW of Lund, Nevada · 3024 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.543 km SW of Lund, Nevada · 3023 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.776 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3016 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.793 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 3004 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.896 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 3002 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.355 km NW of McGill, Nevada · 2993 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.787 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 2989 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.8Nevada · 2985 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.254 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2975 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00640059. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC.