M2.7 earthquake 49 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 49 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada on Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 10:50 AM PDT (17:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 54 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.27 · 29 stations
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.27 · 29 stations

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 111.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00682148 (also filed as us70003544). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC.