Nevada earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 80 km N of Rachel, Nevada

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 80 km N of Rachel, Nevada on Wed, Oct 31, 2018, 11:27 PM PDT (06:27 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 76 km N of Rachel, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2018-11-01 06:27:07 UTC
Depth
3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.365° N, 115.815° 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
±0.17
Station coverage gap
76°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.579 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2893 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.778 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2888 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.576 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2881 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.076 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2880 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 1.681 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2879 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.851 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2876 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.534 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 2875 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.553 km NNW of Hiko, Nevada · 2871 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.125 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2868 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.677 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2862 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.638 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 2857 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.376 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2850 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.680 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2849 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.779 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2849 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.681 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2848 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.079 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2846 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.581 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2844 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 1.861 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2842 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 1.629 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2840 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 1.683 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2893 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.833 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2898 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.782 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2898 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.979 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2904 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.373 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2910 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 1.652 km NNE of Rachel, Nevada · 2918 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00663690. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.