M2.1 earthquake 15 km ESE of Carlin, Nevada
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 15 km ESE of Carlin, Nevada on Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:00 PM PDT (00:00 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 22 km NNE of Crescent Valley, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-30 00:00:52 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.657° N, 115.936° 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
- ±0.51
- Station coverage gap
- 232°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.915 km ESE of Carlin, Nevada · 2530 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.237 km NNE of Osino, Nevada · 2514 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.722 km SW of Spring Creek, Nevada · 2507 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.818 km S of Battle Mountain, Nevada · 2503 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.225 km NE of Crescent Valley, Nevada · 2498 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.322 km NNE of Crescent Valley, Nevada · 2496 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 1.935 km ENE of Battle Mountain, Nevada · 2494 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.825 km SW of Carlin, Nevada · 2494 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00708951. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC.