Nevada earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 49 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 49 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada on Sun, May 12, 2019, 2:30 AM PDT (09:30 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 63 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2019-05-12 09:30:46 UTC
Depth
11.1 km (6.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.750° N, 117.367° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.665 km NNE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2698 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.67 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 2694 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.512 km SSE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2694 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.263 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2689 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  5. 1.941 km SSE of Kingston, Nevada · 2689 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.751 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 2689 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.553 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2688 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.936 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2686 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.7Nevada · 2685 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.815 km NW of Mina, Nevada · 2679 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.119 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2679 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.644 km W of Kingston, Nevada · 2678 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.560 km SSW of Kingston, Nevada · 2678 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.67 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 2673 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.522 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2672 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.621 km SSW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2671 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 1.527 km NW of Tonopah, Nevada · 2669 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.755 km SW of Eureka, Nevada · 2665 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 1.561 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 2661 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.73 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2651 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 1.560 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 2649 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 1.94 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2645 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.932 km W of Gabbs, Nevada · 2644 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.625 km NE of Mina, Nevada · 2644 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  25. 2.724 km E of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2641 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 1.68 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 2702 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.78 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 2702 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 3.67 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 2702 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  4. 1.88 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 2710 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.551 km NNW of Tonopah, Nevada · 2716 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.216 km ENE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2725 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.630 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2727 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.668 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2727 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.648 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2729 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00684575. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC.