M2.8 earthquake 51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada on Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 3:07 AM PST (11:07 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 6km SE of Round Valley, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.74 · 11 stations
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 72.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00678982 (also filed as us700036c4). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC.