M2.4 earthquake 6 km NW of Ruth, Nevada
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Ruth, Nevada on Fri, Aug 31, 2018, 2:57 PM PDT (21:57 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-31 21:57:36 UTC
- Depth
- 1.2 km (0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.316° N, 115.048° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 11
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.77 km SW of Ely, Nevada · 2956 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Ely, Nevada · 2955 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.0Nevada · 2948 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.69 km NE of Eureka, Nevada · 2939 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.728 km ENE of McGill, Nevada · 2917 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.833 km SSW of Lund, Nevada · 2899 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00654190. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC.