M2.0 earthquake 8 km W of Empire, Nevada
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 8 km W of Empire, Nevada on Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 1:36 AM PDT (08:36 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-08 08:36:31 UTC
- Depth
- 15.7 km (9.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.586° N, 119.441° 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
- ±0.19
- Station coverage gap
- 313°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.811 km E of Doyle, California · 2550 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.54 km S of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 2542 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Milford, California · 2532 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.532 km N of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 2513 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.9Nevada · 2497 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00706790. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC.