M1.7 earthquake 37 km NNW of Ursine, Nevada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 37 km NNW of Ursine, Nevada on Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 12:51 AM PDT (07:51 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 22 km NNE of Hiko, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-06 07:51:34 UTC
- Depth
- 0.7 km (0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.289° N, 114.398° 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
- ±0.29
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 8
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.638 km NNW of Ursine, Nevada · 2980 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.936 km W of Milford, Utah · 2976 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.138 km NNW of Ursine, Nevada · 2971 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.945 km NNW of Ursine, Nevada · 2965 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.222 km NNE of Hiko, Nevada · 2957 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 2942 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00648767. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC.