Nevada earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 38 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 38 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada on Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 1:43 AM PDT (08:43 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-10-23 08:43:58 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.373° N, 117.131° 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
±0.92
Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.738 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1803 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.540 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 1803 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.658 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1800 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.736 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1793 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.536 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1793 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1793 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.640km NE of Independence, CA · 1793 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.2California-Nevada border region · 1793 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.751 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 1790 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.019km NE of Furnace Creek, CA · 1790 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.68 km N of Beatty, Nevada · 1771 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.855 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 1768 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.710 km SSE of Beatty, Nevada · 1758 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.660km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 1758 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 1.620 km N of Furnace Creek, California · 1754 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.735 km NW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1752 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.836 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1748 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.637 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1748 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away

Before

  1. 1.5Nevada · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.734 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1808 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.534km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 1812 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.337 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.340 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 1813 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.736 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1814 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.740 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.637 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1816 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.648 km ENE of Independence, California · 1819 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.736 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1821 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.540 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1822 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.336 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1822 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.937 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1823 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.737 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.537 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.437 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 2.336 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.637 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.336 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00826443. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC.