M1.8 earthquake 82 km N of Rachel, Nevada
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 82 km N of Rachel, Nevada on Fri, Jun 11, 2021, 6:05 AM PDT (13:05 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 46 km ENE of Tonopah, 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
- 2021-06-11 13:05:05 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.385° N, 115.817° 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
- ±0.34
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.980 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1939 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.867 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1938 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.272 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1925 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.846 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 3.045 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.537 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.847 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.177 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1896 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.946 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1888 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.888 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 1882 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00809252. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC.