M1.7 earthquake 43 km S of Caliente, Nevada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 43 km S of Caliente, Nevada on Tue, Jan 11, 2022, 1:06 PM PST (21:06 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 29 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-01-11 21:06:38 UTC
- Depth
- 15.6 km (9.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.230° N, 114.589° 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
- ±0.80
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.836 km NW of Bunkerville, Nevada · 1714 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.623 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 1703 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.542 km S of Rachel, Nevada · 1703 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.530 km N of Hiko, Nevada · 1697 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.933 km W of Enterprise, Utah · 1695 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.329 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 1688 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.128 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 1686 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.68 km N of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 1685 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.029 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 1666 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 1.630 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 1728 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.915 km SE of Hiko, Nevada · 1738 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.043 km W of Veyo, Utah · 1741 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.128 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 1748 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Alamo, Nevada · 1755 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.539 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 1756 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00831600. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC.