Nevada earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 88 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 88 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada on Sat, Aug 7, 2021, 7:55 PM PDT (02:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.3 75 km NNW of Rachel, 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
2021-08-08 02:55:15 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.361° N, 116.197° 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
±0.30
Station coverage gap
201°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
15

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 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.755 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 1878 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.543 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1877 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.597 km SE of Kingston, Nevada · 1877 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.944 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1877 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.78 km SE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1876 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.735 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1873 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.868 km SE of Kingston, Nevada · 1866 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.375 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 1850 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.558 km SSE of Kingston, Nevada · 1836 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.662 km SSE of Kingston, Nevada · 1829 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 1.946 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1888 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.555 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 1893 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.177 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.847 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.537 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 3.045 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.846 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.563 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 1899 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.558 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 1905 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00817950. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC.