Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 37 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 37 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada on Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 10:28 AM PDT (17:28 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 45 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2022-10-27 17:28:20 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.383° N, 117.126° 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
±0.37
Station coverage gap
132°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.523km WSW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 1435 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.636km ENE of Independence, CA · 1427 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 1.527 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1427 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.524 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1425 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.739 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 1420 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 1.727 km ESE of Big Pine, California · 1420 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.527 km ESE of Big Pine, California · 1419 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.46 km SE of Dyer, Nevada · 1416 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.033km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 1415 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.56 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada · 1414 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.645 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1410 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.79km NE of Big Pine, CA · 1406 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.825 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1386 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 1.5California-Nevada border region · 1439 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.633 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 1446 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.056 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 1452 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.217 km NE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1458 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.918 km NE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1460 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.859 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1461 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.536 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1463 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.142 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1468 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00850152. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC.