M2.0 earthquake 11 km WSW of Ruth, Nevada
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 11 km WSW of Ruth, Nevada on Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 2:39 AM PST (10:39 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 12 km N of Baker, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-19 10:39:54 UTC
- Depth
- 0.7 km (0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.230° N, 115.111° 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
- ±0.44
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 6
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.571 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3145 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.962 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 3142 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.612 km N of Baker, Nevada · 3133 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.642 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 3102 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.522 km NE of Eureka, Nevada · 3094 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.854 km W of Preston, Nevada · 3094 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
Before
- 2.761 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 3149 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.966 km NE of Eureka, Nevada · 3164 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.651 km SW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.654 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.054 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.554 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3169 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.953 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 3170 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00622302. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC.