M1.8 earthquake 27 km W of Empire, Nevada
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 27 km W of Empire, Nevada on Fri, Oct 8, 2021, 3:47 PM PDT (22:47 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 16 km NNW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-08 22:47:46 UTC
- Depth
- 15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.572° N, 119.671° 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
- ±0.24
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.78 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.514 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 1797 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.316 km NNW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.615 km NNW of Black Rock City, Nevada · 1795 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.632 km NW of Lovelock, Nevada · 1788 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.215km SE of Honey Lake, CA · 1787 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.314 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 1784 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 2.029 km NW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 1823 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.522km W of Reederville, NV · 1826 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.916 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 1835 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 1840 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.125 km W of Empire, Nevada · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00825238. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:54 PM UTC.