M1.6 earthquake 58 km WNW of Austin, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 58 km WNW of Austin, Nevada on Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 4:05 PM PDT (23:05 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 39 km E of Austin, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-16 23:05:31 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.687° N, 117.704° 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
- ±0.01
- Station coverage gap
- 284°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.534 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 2543 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Lovelock, Nevada · 2534 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.944 km NNW of Austin, Nevada · 2513 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.140 km NNW of Austin, Nevada · 2513 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.042 km SE of Imlay, Nevada · 2510 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2Nevada · 2510 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.940 km E of Austin, Nevada · 2506 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.539 km E of Austin, Nevada · 2504 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Austin, Nevada · 2497 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.555 km WNW of Austin, Nevada · 2496 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00707731. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:18 AM UTC.