Nevada earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 81 km SE of Kingston, Nevada

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 81 km SE of Kingston, Nevada on Tue, May 27, 2025, 12:58 AM PDT (07:58 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 37 km NW of Rachel, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2025-05-27 07:58:01 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.624° N, 116.498° 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
128°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.582 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 492 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 1.679 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 491 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 1.879 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 490 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.676 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 489 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.579 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 488 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.584 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 488 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.178 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 482 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.581 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 481 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.078 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 481 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 3.437 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 480 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.864 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 480 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.776 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 478 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.676 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 468 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.778 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 468 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.737 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 468 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.978 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 466 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.179 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 466 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.883 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 466 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.479 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 462 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 1.976 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 459 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 1.784 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 456 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.844 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 453 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 1.576 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 450 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 2.668 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 444 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.478 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 435 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 1.878 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 435 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 1.878 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 435 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 1.781 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 435 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 1.856 km NNE of Tonopah, Nevada · 435 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 2.578 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 434 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.277 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 433 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 2.378 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 433 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 1.879 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 433 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 1.688 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 433 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away

Before

  1. 1.578 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 495 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.978 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 495 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.378 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 497 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 1.550 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 499 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.576 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 503 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.777 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 508 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.570 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 516 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.680 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 517 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.859 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 518 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00898039. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:00 AM UTC.