M1.5 earthquake Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Nevada on Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 1:15 AM PDT (08:15 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 5km W of Walker, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-19 08:15:58 UTC
- Depth
- 11.8 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.018° N, 119.662° 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
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.71km WNW of Walker, CA · 1296 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.5Nevada · 1292 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.96 km SE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 1288 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Markleeville, CA · 1287 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.53km WNW of Walker, CA · 1285 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.37km SSW of Markleeville, CA · 1283 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.6California-Nevada border region · 1279 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.95km W of Walker, CA · 1275 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 1.96 km NNW of Verdi, California · 1272 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.721km WNW of Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA · 1272 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
- 2.530 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 1271 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.116 km SE of Schurz, Nevada · 1270 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.52 km N of Carter Springs, Nevada · 1270 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.311km NW of Verdi-Mogul, NV · 1267 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.11 km SSE of Markleeville, California · 1266 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.94km WSW of Tahoe Vista, CA · 1264 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.94km N of Dollar Point, CA · 1264 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15km WNW of Walker, CA · 1264 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.35km WNW of Walker, CA · 1264 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.84km WSW of Tahoe Vista, CA · 1264 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.91 km NE of Carnelian Bay, California · 1264 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.022km WNW of Truckee, CA · 1262 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.27km WNW of Walker, CA · 1262 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.812 km E of Floriston, California · 1259 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.011 km NE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 1257 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1255 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1255 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1255 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1255 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.217km WSW of Loyalton, CA · 1255 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Coleville, California · 1253 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.827 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1252 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.34km SSE of Truckee, CA · 1244 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.713km N of Tahoe Vista, CA · 1242 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.828 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1241 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.114 km NE of Virginia City, Nevada · 1240 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Virginia City, Nevada · 1237 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.416km NW of Walker, CA · 1237 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 1.55 km NNE of Carter Springs, Nevada · 1298 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.64 km SSE of Floriston, California · 1298 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Walker, California · 1298 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.614km N of Kings Beach, CA · 1303 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.014km N of Kings Beach, CA · 1303 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 1.728 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1311 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.114km NNW of Incline Village-Crystal Bay, NV · 1311 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.59 km SSE of Beckwourth, California · 1312 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8California-Nevada border region · 1312 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.6Nevada · 1313 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.05km W of Walker, CA · 1314 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 1.715 km SSW of Schurz, Nevada · 1315 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Coleville, California · 1317 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.86km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1318 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00857217. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC.