M1.9 earthquake 79 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 79 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada on Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 9:05 AM PDT (16:05 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 63 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-15 16:05:34 UTC
- Depth
- 9.4 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.811° N, 116.164° 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
- ±0.00
- Station coverage gap
- 200°, 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.891 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 2728 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.381 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2717 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.774 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2714 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.985 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2713 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.665 km NNE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2699 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.483 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 2698 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.791 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 2698 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.081 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 2693 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.263 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2691 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 7
- 1.941 km SSE of Kingston, Nevada · 2690 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.751 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 2690 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.553 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2689 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7Nevada · 2686 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.560 km SSW of Kingston, Nevada · 2679 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.046 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2678 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.573 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2678 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 1.668 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2729 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.680 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2730 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.855 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2731 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.648 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2731 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.178 km ESE of Kingston, Nevada · 2732 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.669 km SW of Preston, Nevada · 2732 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.796 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2733 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.983 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2733 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.089 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2733 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.188 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2733 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.574 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2735 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.176 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2735 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.776 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2735 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.576 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2735 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.094 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 2737 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.775 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2737 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.779 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2737 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.778 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2737 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.281 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2737 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 1.976 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2737 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00682312. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.