M2.3 earthquake 88 km WSW of Preston, Nevada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 88 km WSW of Preston, Nevada on Sun, Feb 2, 2020, 4:36 PM PST (00:36 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 50 km N of Hiko, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-02-03 00:36:05 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.637° N, 116.021° 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
- 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.577 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2415 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.738 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2411 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.550 km N of Hiko, Nevada · 2393 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.076 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2388 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.0Nevada · 2387 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 1.577 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2442 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.476 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2443 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.779 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2454 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.576 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.056 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2456 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00716444. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:31 AM UTC.