M1.6 earthquake 79 km W of Preston, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 79 km W of Preston, Nevada on Sun, Sep 18, 2022, 12:56 AM PDT (07:56 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 40 km W of Eureka, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-18 07:56:03 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.783° N, 115.962° 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
- ±0.26
- Station coverage gap
- 265°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.142 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1468 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Eureka, Nevada · 1443 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.2Nevada · 1443 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7Nevada · 1441 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.794 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 1434 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.340 km W of Eureka, Nevada · 1418 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00847391. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC.