Nevada earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 78 km N of Rachel, Nevada

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 78 km N of Rachel, Nevada on Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 10:24 PM PDT (05:24 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.8 46 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-06-05 05:24:08 UTC
Depth
12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.348° N, 115.832° 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
±0.19
Station coverage gap
175°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.146 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1947 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 2.043 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1945 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.882 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1940 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 1.980 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1939 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.867 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1939 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.272 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1925 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 3.846 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1898 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.045 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1898 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.537 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.847 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.177 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.946 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1888 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 1.533 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 1967 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00808873. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC.