M1.5 earthquake 10 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada on Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 5:54 PM PDT (00:54 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 12km NNW of Bridgeport, 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
- 2019-11-01 00:54:05 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.150° N, 119.624° 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
- ±0.38
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.211 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada · 2527 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 194
- 2.14 km NNE of Johnson Lane, Nevada · 2510 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Johnson Lane, Nevada · 2510 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.112 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2509 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.021km NW of Truckee, CA · 2507 days ago · -2 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.512km NNW of Bridgeport, CA · 2506 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.212km NNW of Bridgeport, CA · 2506 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
- 2.112km NNW of Bridgeport, CA · 2506 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.59km SE of Dollar Point, CA · 2504 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada · 2498 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 78
- 1.55 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada · 2497 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.65 km N of Truckee, California · 2494 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Schurz, Nevada · 2491 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 2473 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.75 km SSE of Floriston, California · 2472 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
- 2.37km SSW of Markleeville, CA · 2470 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada · 2470 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 2469 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 1.911 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 10
- 3.14km WNW of Tahoe Vista, CA · 2534 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 182
- 2.45km SE of Chilcoot-Vinton, CA · 2535 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611 km SE of Fernley, Nevada · 2536 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.59 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2541 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Truckee, California · 2549 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Sierraville, California · 2550 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2554 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.119km W of Truckee, CA · 2556 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00709162. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC.