Nevada earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 49 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 49 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada on Sat, Mar 2, 2019, 11:46 PM PST (07:46 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 81 km N of Rachel, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2019-03-03 07:46:35 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.115° N, 115.705° 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
±0.65
Station coverage gap
121°
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: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.050 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2770 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.752 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2770 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.853 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2770 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.96 km S of Ruth, Nevada · 2768 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
  5. 2.31 km WSW of Ely, Nevada · 2768 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.720 km N of Preston, Nevada · 2765 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.821 km N of Preston, Nevada · 2765 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.815 km N of Preston, Nevada · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.946 km SW of Eureka, Nevada · 2759 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.976 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2735 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 3.281 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2735 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.778 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2735 days ago · 19 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.779 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2735 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.775 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2735 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.094 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 2735 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 1.576 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2733 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.776 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2733 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.176 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2733 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.574 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2733 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.188 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2731 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 2.089 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2731 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 1.983 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2731 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 1.796 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2730 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 2.669 km SW of Preston, Nevada · 2730 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 2.178 km ESE of Kingston, Nevada · 2730 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 1.680 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2728 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.979 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2726 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 1.891 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 2726 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 2.381 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2714 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.774 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2712 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 1.985 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2711 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 1.575 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2774 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.578 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.780 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.581 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.780 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.775 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 3.079 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.750 km WNW of Preston, Nevada · 2778 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 3.053 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2779 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.051 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2779 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.577 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2781 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.777 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2781 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.139 km NW of Ruth, Nevada · 2787 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.678 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2789 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.776 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2790 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.679 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2800 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00679187. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:44 AM UTC.