M1.8 earthquake 27 km ENE of Austin, Nevada
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 27 km ENE of Austin, Nevada on Sat, Oct 22, 2022, 3:04 AM PDT (10:04 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 37 km WNW of Kingston, 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
- 2022-10-22 10:04:13 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.552° N, 116.762° 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
- ±0.01
- Station coverage gap
- 300°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
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
- 2.635 km ENE of Austin, Nevada · 1444 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Eureka, Nevada · 1443 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.2Nevada · 1443 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.7Nevada · 1442 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.037 km WNW of Kingston, Nevada · 1420 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.340 km W of Eureka, Nevada · 1418 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.8Nevada · 1418 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.019 km NE of Austin, Nevada · 1395 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.70 km ENE of Austin, Nevada · 1388 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.640 km WNW of Kingston, Nevada · 1387 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00849871. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.