M2.1 earthquake 37 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 37 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada on Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 11:55 PM PDT (06:55 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 80 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-17 06:55:23 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.814° N, 116.108° 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
- ±0.28
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.951 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2246 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.582 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2239 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.880 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2234 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.879 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2234 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.839 km WSW of Rachel, Nevada · 2218 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.448 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada · 2218 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.937 km ESE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2215 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00760770. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:20 PM UTC.