Nevada earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 80 km WSW of Preston, Nevada

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 80 km WSW of Preston, Nevada on Sat, May 3, 2025, 6:21 AM PDT (13:21 UTC), 0 km (0 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
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2025-05-03 13:21:30 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.569° N, 115.873° 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
±0.08
Station coverage gap
243°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.570 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 516 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.777 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 508 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.823 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 505 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.576 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 503 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.550 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 500 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.378 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 497 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.978 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 495 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.578 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 495 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.781 km SE of Kingston, Nevada · 493 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.582 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 492 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.679 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 491 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.879 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 490 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.676 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 489 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.579 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 488 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.584 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 488 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.178 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 482 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.581 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 481 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.078 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 481 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 3.437 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 480 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.864 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 480 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.776 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 478 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 1.676 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 468 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 2.778 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 468 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.737 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 468 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 1.978 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 466 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.179 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 466 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 1.883 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 466 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 2.479 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 462 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 1.976 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 459 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 2.048 km NW of Rachel, Nevada · 525 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.778 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 529 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.981 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 529 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.268 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 540 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00897173. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC.