M1.5 earthquake Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Nevada on Thu, Sep 19, 2019, 3:21 AM PDT (10:21 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 11 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-19 10:21:51 UTC
- Depth
- 0.4 km (0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.029° N, 118.907° 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
- ±0.30
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.529 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2570 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.529 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2568 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.927 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2566 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.128 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 2559 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.629 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2557 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2557 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.540 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 2547 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.819 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 2547 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.129 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2544 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.534 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 2543 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.59 km W of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2543 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Fernley, Nevada · 2538 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2535 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.911 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 2532 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 10
- 1.510 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.211 km SSW of Dayton, Nevada · 2530 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 194
- 1.7California-Nevada border region · 2523 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.518 km ENE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2519 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 1.59 km NW of Carson City, Nevada · 2581 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.524 km NE of Schurz, Nevada · 2581 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.96 km E of Smith, Nevada · 2582 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.913km WNW of Bridgeport, CA · 2587 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.527 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 2588 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.830 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 2593 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.17 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 2597 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.513 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2599 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.313 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2599 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2599 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00704526. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC.