Nevada earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 52 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 52 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada on Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 1:46 AM PST (09:46 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.4 31 km SE of Rachel, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-01-11 09:46:59 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.151° N, 115.697° 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
61°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.239 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 2090 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 2.028 km S of Alamo, Nevada · 2073 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  3. 1.724 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2070 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.623 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2070 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.936 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 2056 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 1.546 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2050 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.729 km SSE of Rachel, Nevada · 2049 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  8. 1.745 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 2049 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.546 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.343 km SE of Beatty, Nevada · 2048 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.631 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2047 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.846 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2046 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 3.431 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2043 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.629 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2041 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.6California-Nevada border region · 2037 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.619 km E of Alamo, Nevada · 2033 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away

Before

  1. 1.557 km WSW of Rachel, Nevada · 2097 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.510 km SW of Hiko, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.547 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 2107 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.6Nevada · 2111 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.632 km N of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 2116 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00796829. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC.