Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 76 km N of Rachel, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 76 km N of Rachel, Nevada on Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 8:55 AM PST (16:55 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 53 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2019-01-27 16:55:46 UTC
Depth
0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.329° N, 115.778° W
Region
Nevada
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Station coverage gap
204°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.777 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2806 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.577 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2805 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.877 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2804 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.679 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2802 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.844 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2798 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.844 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2797 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.38 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2793 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.776 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2792 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.678 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2792 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 1.612 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada · 2789 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.777 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2784 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.531 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 2784 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.577 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2783 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.051 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2781 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 3.053 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2781 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
  16. 1.750 km WNW of Preston, Nevada · 2780 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 3.079 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2779 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.775 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2779 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.780 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2778 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.581 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2778 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  21. 1.780 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2778 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 1.578 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2778 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 1.575 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2776 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 1.552 km W of Rachel, Nevada · 2773 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 1.749 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2772 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.050 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2772 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 2.752 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2772 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.853 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2772 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 1.7Nevada · 2747 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away

Before

  1. 2.377 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2808 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.574 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2808 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.078 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2808 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 3.882 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2809 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.0104 km SE of Kingston, Nevada · 2812 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.784 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2815 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.794 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 2815 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.675 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2818 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 1.576 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2819 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.978 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2819 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.681 km SW of Lund, Nevada · 2819 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.582 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2820 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 1.776 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2823 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.679 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2824 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.980 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2824 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.678 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2825 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 3.182 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.280 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.551 km ESE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2832 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.712 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada · 2833 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00675843. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:57 AM UTC.