M2.0 earthquake 14 km WNW of Sandy Valley, Nevada
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 14 km WNW of Sandy Valley, Nevada on Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 4:48 AM PDT (11:48 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 39 km WNW of Indian Springs, 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
- 2018-07-17 11:48:13 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.883° N, 115.766° 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
- ±0.34
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.534 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 2996 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.714 km WNW of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 2984 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.521 km ENE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 2976 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.916 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 2970 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.417km E of Shoshone, CA · 2961 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.639 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 2951 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.139 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 2951 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 2.432km E of Tecopa, CA · 3003 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 3011 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.515 km WNW of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 3012 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 133
- 1.715 km NW of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 3013 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00645037. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC.