M1.6 earthquake 37km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 37km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV on Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 8:38 AM PDT (15:38 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 11km SW of Toms Place, 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
1.62	Md, duration	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · ±0.209 · 25 stations
1.4	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed · ±0.22 · 7 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 124.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc73201611 (also filed as nn00688444). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:38 AM UTC.