Nevada earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 33 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 33 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada on Wed, May 27, 2020, 12:25 PM PDT (19:25 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 11 km N of Pine Valley, Utah. This one was a foreshock.

Caliente forecastMore in Nevada

Map

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

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2020-05-27 19:25:59 UTC
Depth
11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.334° N, 114.372° 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
±0.24
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
11

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.516 km SSE of Saint George, Utah · 2320 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.930 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 2297 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.78 km E of Pine Valley, Utah · 2288 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.512 km E of Pine Valley, Utah · 2288 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.827 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 2285 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.515 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2268 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.811 km N of Pine Valley, Utah · 2266 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 52
  8. 2.1Utah · 2266 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.612 km NNE of Pine Valley, Utah · 2266 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  10. 2.710 km NNE of Pine Valley, Utah · 2266 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.612 km NNE of Pine Valley, Utah · 2266 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.012 km NNE of Pine Valley, Utah · 2266 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.611 km NNE of Pine Valley, Utah · 2265 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.620 km W of Enterprise, Utah · 2263 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.120 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 2262 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 1.527 km SW of Hiko, Nevada · 2336 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.625 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada · 2336 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.423 km W of Alamo, Nevada · 2336 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.926 km WNW of Alamo, Nevada · 2338 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.633 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 2341 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.142 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 2346 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.847 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 2347 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.946 km NNW of Moapa Town, Nevada · 2347 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away

Earthquakes todayNevada earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00736572. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC.