Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 37 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 37 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada on Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 11:21 AM PDT (18:21 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.7 51 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-10-05 18:21:42 UTC
Depth
1.3 km (0.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.378° N, 117.137° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.737 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.937 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1823 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.336 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1822 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.540 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1822 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.736 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1821 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.648 km ENE of Independence, California · 1819 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.637 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1816 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.740 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.736 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1814 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.340 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 1813 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.337 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.534km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 1811 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.734 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1808 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.5Nevada · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.838 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 1.738 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1803 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.540 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 1803 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.658 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1800 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 1.736 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1793 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.536 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1793 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1793 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 1.640km NE of Independence, CA · 1793 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.2California-Nevada border region · 1793 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  24. 2.751 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 1790 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 2.019km NE of Furnace Creek, CA · 1790 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.023 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 1773 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  27. 1.68 km N of Beatty, Nevada · 1771 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 1.855 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 1768 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.123 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 1766 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away

Before

  1. 2.437 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.336 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.637 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.336 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.337 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.236 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.838 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.836 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.337 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.036 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.937 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.037 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.837 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 12 km deep · 0 km away
  15. 1.838 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 1.638 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.538 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.1California-Nevada border region · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.235 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00824887. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC.