M1.8 earthquake 36 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 36 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada on Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 12:16 PM PST (20:16 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 8km ESE of Deep Springs, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
1.8	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±1.22 · 4 stations
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.066 · 30 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00830250 (also filed as us6000gdz6). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC.