M1.8 earthquake 37 km E of Austin, Nevada
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 37 km E of Austin, Nevada on Wed, Sep 13, 2023, 11:57 PM PDT (06:57 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 22 km S 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
- 2023-09-14 06:57:10 UTC
- Depth
- 12.2 km (7.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.496° N, 116.639° 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
- ±0.16
- Station coverage gap
- 287°, 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.756 km WNW of Austin, Nevada · 1113 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.057 km WNW of Austin, Nevada · 1112 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.427 km WNW of Kingston, Nevada · 1111 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.053 km WNW of Preston, Nevada · 1095 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.644 km W of Eureka, Nevada · 1089 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.022 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 1086 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.522 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 1086 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.721 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 1085 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 1.638 km E of Austin, Nevada · 1124 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.526 km ENE of Austin, Nevada · 1132 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.52 km NNW of Austin, Nevada · 1132 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Kingston, Nevada · 1132 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.036 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 1145 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.920 km NE of Kingston, Nevada · 1145 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00865821. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 10:37 AM UTC.