M1.8 earthquake 19 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 19 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada on Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 3:55 AM PDT (10:55 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 9 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-15 10:55:18 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.371° N, 118.497° 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
- ±0.53
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.658 km WNW of Austin, Nevada · 2545 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.534 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 2543 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.59 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2543 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Fernley, Nevada · 2538 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.558 km SE of Lovelock, Nevada · 2534 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.518 km ENE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2519 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.555 km WNW of Austin, Nevada · 2497 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.555 km WNW of Austin, Nevada · 2496 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Schurz, Nevada · 2493 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.014 km ENE of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2491 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00707418. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC.