M1.6 earthquake 56 km WSW of Rachel, Nevada

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Nevada Seismological Laboratory

Local time

Sat, May 16, 2020, 12:31 AM PDT

UTC

2020-05-16 07:31:38 UTC

Depth

4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.428° N, 116.321° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.00

Station coverage gap

213°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

12

• Beatty, NevadaPopulation 1,010. Forecast70 kmNE
• Pahrump, NevadaPopulation 36,441. Forecast139 kmNNW
• North Las Vegas, NevadaPopulation 234,807. Forecast174 kmNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast414 kmNNE

After

1. 1.610 km SE of Tonopah, NevadaSat, May 16, 7:15 AM PDT · 2330 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
2. 2.2NevadaMon, May 18, 10:31 AM PDT · 2328 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
3. 2.036 km WNW of Beatty, NevadaWed, May 20, 12:03 AM PDT · 2326 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
4. 1.611 km WNW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, May 20, 6:52 PM PDT · 2325 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
5. 1.6California-Nevada border regionThu, May 21, 6:31 PM PDT · 2324 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
6. 1.545 km SE of Goldfield, NevadaThu, May 21, 11:27 PM PDT · 2324 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
7. 1.53 km NNE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, May 22, 5:40 AM PDT · 2324 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
8. 2.451 km ESE of Goldfield, NevadaSat, May 23, 11:08 PM PDT · 2322 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
9. 1.518 km S of Goldfield, NevadaSun, May 24, 9:01 AM PDT · 2322 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
10. 1.632 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaMon, May 25, 11:07 PM PDT · 2320 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
11. 1.836 km WNW of Indian Springs, NevadaThu, May 28, 12:44 PM PDT · 2317 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
12. 1.617 km E of Tonopah, NevadaFri, May 29, 5:20 PM PDT · 2316 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
13. 1.928 km SE of Rachel, NevadaTue, Jun 2, 5:35 AM PDT · 2313 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
14. 1.530 km SE of Rachel, NevadaWed, Jun 3, 12:06 AM PDT · 2312 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
15. 1.949 km SSW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jun 3, 6:36 AM PDT · 2312 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
16. 2.047 km SSW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jun 3, 6:37 AM PDT · 2312 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
17. 1.930 km SSW of Alamo, NevadaSat, Jun 20, 3:28 AM PDT · 2295 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
18. 1.739 km WNW of Indian Springs, NevadaTue, Jun 23, 8:54 AM PDT · 2292 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
19. 1.626 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 1, 11:09 AM PDT · 2284 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
20. 2.026 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 1, 11:13 AM PDT · 2284 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
21. 2.927 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 1, 3:48 PM PDT · 2283 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
22. 2.926 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 1, 11:10 PM PDT · 2283 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
23. 2.927 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 1, 11:10 PM PDT · 2283 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
24. 2.226 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 1, 11:30 PM PDT · 2283 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
25. 2.027 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Jul 2, 1:16 AM PDT · 2283 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
26. 2.526 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Jul 2, 1:17 AM PDT · 2283 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
27. 1.827 km SSW of Alamo, NevadaThu, Jul 2, 6:32 AM PDT · 2283 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
28. 2.726 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Jul 2, 4:52 PM PDT · 2282 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
29. 3.426 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jul 3, 11:43 AM PDT · 2281 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
30. 2.227 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jul 3, 11:53 AM PDT · 2281 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
31. 2.027 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jul 3, 12:08 PM PDT · 2281 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
32. 2.527 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jul 3, 12:09 PM PDT · 2281 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
33. 3.327 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Jul 4, 5:58 AM PDT · 2281 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
34. 3.227 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Jul 6, 6:05 PM PDT · 2278 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
35. 3.026 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Jul 6, 8:39 PM PDT · 2278 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
36. 1.927 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Jul 7, 5:41 PM PDT · 2277 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
37. 3.026 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 8, 2:23 PM PDT · 2276 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
38. 3.726 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 8, 2:27 PM PDT · 2276 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
39. 1.724 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 8, 2:30 PM PDT · 2276 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
40. 2.226 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 8, 2:32 PM PDT · 2276 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
41. 2.626 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 8, 2:34 PM PDT · 2276 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
42. 2.626 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 8, 2:39 PM PDT · 2276 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
43. 1.828 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 8, 2:48 PM PDT · 2276 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
44. 1.927 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 8, 3:13 PM PDT · 2276 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
45. 1.826 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 8, 6:06 PM PDT · 2276 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
46. 2.126 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jul 8, 7:22 PM PDT · 2276 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
47. 2.626 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Jul 9, 1:27 AM PDT · 2276 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
48. 2.327 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Jul 9, 4:19 PM PDT · 2275 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
49. 1.527 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jul 10, 8:39 AM PDT · 2275 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
50. 1.727 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jul 10, 8:40 AM PDT · 2275 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
51. 2.426 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jul 10, 8:42 AM PDT · 2275 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
52. 2.926 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jul 10, 8:43 AM PDT · 2275 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
53. 1.527 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Jul 11, 10:53 PM PDT · 2273 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
54. 1.627 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Jul 12, 11:18 PM PDT · 2272 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
55. 1.828 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Jul 13, 1:07 PM PDT · 2271 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
56. 3.026 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Jul 14, 7:36 PM PDT · 2270 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
57. 2.926 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Jul 14, 7:37 PM PDT · 2270 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
58. 2.126 km SW of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Jul 14, 7:39 PM PDT · 2270 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away

Before

1. 1.845 km E of Goldfield, NevadaFri, May 15, 9:11 PM PDT · 2330 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
2. 1.558 km ENE of Beatty, NevadaFri, May 15, 4:41 PM PDT · 2330 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
3. 1.861 km SSW of Rachel, NevadaFri, May 15, 1:57 PM PDT · 2330 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
4. 1.656 km NE of Beatty, NevadaFri, May 15, 10:33 AM PDT · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
5. 1.948 km WNW of Indian Springs, NevadaTue, May 12, 6:57 PM PDT · 2333 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
6. 1.527 km SW of Hiko, NevadaTue, May 12, 2:08 AM PDT · 2334 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
7. 1.625 km WSW of Alamo, NevadaMon, May 11, 11:27 PM PDT · 2334 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
8. 2.423 km W of Alamo, NevadaMon, May 11, 10:29 PM PDT · 2334 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
9. 2.331 km SE of Rachel, NevadaMon, May 11, 7:26 PM PDT · 2334 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
10. 2.830 km SW of Hiko, NevadaMon, May 11, 6:39 PM PDT · 2334 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
11. 1.926 km WNW of Alamo, NevadaSun, May 10, 1:03 PM PDT · 2335 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
12. 1.740 km WNW of Indian Springs, NevadaFri, May 8, 9:55 AM PDT · 2338 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
13. 2.744 km NW of Rachel, NevadaFri, May 1, 10:02 AM PDT · 2345 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
14. 1.638 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Apr 30, 3:15 PM PDT · 2345 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
15. 1.842 km WNW of Beatty, NevadaTue, Apr 28, 10:20 AM PDT · 2348 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
16. 1.654 km ENE of Beatty, NevadaMon, Apr 20, 7:47 PM PDT · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00726166. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:00 AM UTC.