M1.6 earthquake 69 km WSW of Preston, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 69 km WSW of Preston, Nevada on Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 3:39 AM PDT (10:39 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 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
- 2018-08-23 10:39:10 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.608° N, 115.764° 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
- ±0.33
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.77 km SW of Ely, Nevada · 2955 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Ely, Nevada · 2955 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.0Nevada · 2947 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.652 km NNE of Rachel, Nevada · 2919 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.373 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2911 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2905 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00652652. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.