Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 55 km ENE of Goldfield, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 55 km ENE of Goldfield, Nevada on Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 9:39 PM PST (05:39 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 47 km ENE of Beatty, 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
2020-11-15 05:39:38 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.880° N, 116.641° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Station coverage gap
344°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

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 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.613.4 km SE of Silver Peak, NV · 2145 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.741.9 km WNW of Mina, NV · 2144 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.66 km WSW of Tonopah, Nevada · 2142 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.521 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 2142 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.963 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 2138 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.062 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 2134 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.812 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 2132 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 1.526 km NE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.869 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2127 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.9Nevada · 2126 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.352 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 2124 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.642 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.672 km SE of Kingston, Nevada · 2110 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.547 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.660 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.769 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2098 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 1.557 km WSW of Rachel, Nevada · 2097 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.655 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 2096 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 1.539 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada · 2149 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.741 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2150 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.740 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada · 2150 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.555 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 2151 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.176 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2153 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.556 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 2165 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00784097. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC.