M4.1 earthquake 54 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 54 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada on Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 12:24 AM PDT (07:24 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-11 07:24:20 UTC
- Depth
- 15.9 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.470° N, 116.696° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Felt reports
- 6
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | ML, local (Richter) | Nevada Seismological Laboratory | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.21 · 14 stations |
| 3.9 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.029 · 114 stations |
| 3.9 | Mwr, regional moment | Nevada Seismological Laboratory | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
| Range | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
| Range, million USD | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.9 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 82°, dip 75°, rake -30°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 180°, dip 61°, rake -163°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Station coverage gap
- 34°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.853 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2671 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.954 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2671 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.548 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2666 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.955km E of Big Pine, CA · 2655 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.954km E of Big Pine, CA · 2650 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.751 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2649 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.129 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2649 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.029 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2649 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.043 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 2643 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.949 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2633 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.958 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2629 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.562 km W of Beatty, Nevada · 2625 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.760 km E of Big Pine, California · 2623 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.659 km NNE of Keeler, California · 2621 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.767 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2617 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 2.230 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 2676 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.945 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 2677 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.046 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2678 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.533 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2680 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada · 2686 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.624 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 2688 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.553 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2689 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2695 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.649 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada · 2695 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.650 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2700 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.557km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 2701 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00687315 (also filed as us70003xzw). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC.