Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 79 km N of Rachel, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 79 km N of Rachel, Nevada on Thu, Nov 1, 2018, 2:09 AM PDT (09:09 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

Alamo forecastMore in Nevada

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2018-11-01 09:09:07 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.359° N, 115.823° 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
135°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.778 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2888 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.576 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2881 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.076 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2881 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.681 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2879 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.851 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2876 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  6. 1.534 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 2876 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.553 km NNW of Hiko, Nevada · 2872 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.125 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2868 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.677 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2862 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 1.638 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 2857 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.376 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2850 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.680 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2849 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.779 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2849 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.681 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2848 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.079 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2846 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.581 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2844 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.861 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2842 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 1.629 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2840 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away

Before

  1. 2.280 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2893 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.683 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2893 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.833 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2898 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.782 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2898 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.979 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2904 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.373 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2910 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.652 km NNE of Rachel, Nevada · 2918 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away

Earthquakes todayNevada earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00663700. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:37 AM UTC.