M1.5 earthquake 7 km E of Carson City, Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km E of Carson City, Nevada on Sun, Aug 4, 2019, 2:27 PM PDT (21:27 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 8km WNW of Tahoe Vista, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-04 21:27:49 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.153° N, 119.678° 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
- ±0.12
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.326km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 2612 days ago · -2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.612 km N of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2607 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.15 km NW of Carnelian Bay, California · 2591 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.58km WNW of Tahoe Vista, CA · 2591 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Carnelian Bay, California · 2591 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.913km WNW of Bridgeport, CA · 2584 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.96 km E of Smith, Nevada · 2580 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.524 km NE of Schurz, Nevada · 2578 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Carson City, Nevada · 2578 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5Nevada · 2570 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 2567 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 2558 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.119km W of Truckee, CA · 2556 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 2.014 km SSW of Schurz, Nevada · 2618 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.617 km S of Schurz, Nevada · 2618 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.418 km E of Schurz, Nevada · 2625 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.511 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2628 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Schurz, Nevada · 2630 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.49 km NE of Schurz, Nevada · 2631 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.514 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 2643 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Glenbrook, Nevada · 2644 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00698788. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.