M1.8 earthquake 9 km SW of Alamo, Nevada
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Alamo, Nevada on Tue, Nov 18, 2025, 9:59 AM PST (17:59 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 35 km NW of Rachel, 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
- 2025-11-18 17:59:09 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.293° N, 115.232° 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
- ±0.13
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.017 km ENE of Alamo, Nevada · 310 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.548 km S of Caliente, Nevada · 309 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.840 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 297 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.022 km E of Alamo, Nevada · 291 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.836 km SW of Alamo, Nevada · 289 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.350 km N of Hiko, Nevada · 289 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.830 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 289 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.238 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 280 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.452 km S of Rachel, Nevada · 277 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.059 km S of Rachel, Nevada · 274 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.935 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 269 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.029 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 269 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 268 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.643 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 268 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.144 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 268 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.612 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 268 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.643 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 267 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.726 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 265 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.224 km N of Indian Springs, Nevada · 265 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 264 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.622 km NNE of Hiko, Nevada · 263 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 262 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.730 km W of Alamo, Nevada · 262 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 260 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.940 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 258 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 1.611 km WSW of Hiko, Nevada · 319 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.336 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 321 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.634 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 321 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.67 km E of Alamo, Nevada · 324 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.726 km N of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 340 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.532 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 342 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.97 km E of Panaca, Nevada · 345 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.731 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 346 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.521 km E of Alamo, Nevada · 347 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.935 km NNE of Hiko, Nevada · 348 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00907435. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:02 AM UTC.