Nevada earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 12 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada on Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 10:58 AM PST (18:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 51 km SSW of Goldfield, 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
2019-01-04 18:58:40 UTC
Depth
10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.628° N, 117.133° 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
±0.24
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.514 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2830 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.820 km SE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.634 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2820 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.628 km E of Big Pine, California · 2811 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.648 km NNE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2804 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.820 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 2801 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 1.844 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2798 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.844 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2798 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.127 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 2795 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.339km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 2785 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.531 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 2784 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.536km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 2782 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.855 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2777 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.556 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 2777 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.155 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2777 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.562 km W of Beatty, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.851 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.850 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.851 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.151 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.652 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.450 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.550 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 1.610 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2775 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 1.552 km W of Rachel, Nevada · 2774 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  26. 1.551 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2773 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 1.538 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2773 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 1.550 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2771 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 1.555 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2771 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.751 km N of Tonopah, NV · 2771 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 1.551 km ESE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2833 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.916 km SW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 2834 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.460km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 2838 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.533 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2848 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.852km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 2853 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.638 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 2858 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00673161. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC.