M1.7 earthquake 43 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 43 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada on Sun, Aug 31, 2025, 1:54 PM PDT (20:54 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 16 km SSE of Tonopah, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-31 20:54:34 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.366° N, 117.545° 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
- ±0.49
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.443 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 396 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.743 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 396 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.533 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 393 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Big Pine, CA · 392 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.19 km SE of Deep Springs, CA · 390 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.87 km E of Round Valley, CA · 385 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of Big Pine, CA · 383 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.518 km WSW of Big Pine, CA · 383 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.931 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 382 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.739 km NE of Lone Pine, California · 378 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.831 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 374 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.04 km ENE of Round Valley, CA · 374 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.720 km E of Lone Pine, CA · 369 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.534 km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 367 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.116 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 366 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.740 km NE of Lone Pine, California · 365 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.226 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 365 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.826 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 364 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.65 km E of Round Valley, CA · 364 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.640 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 363 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.730 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 360 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.013 km WNW of Independence, CA · 359 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.221 km NE of Keeler, California · 358 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.13 km NE of Bishop, CA · 348 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86 km NNW of Round Valley, CA · 347 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.736 km ENE of Independence, California · 347 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.733 km E of Independence, California · 345 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.328 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 342 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.916 km SSE of Tonopah, Nevada · 342 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 1.643 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 342 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.532 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 339 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.41 km WSW of Wilkerson, CA · 338 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 1.642 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 396 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.043 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 396 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.543 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 396 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Deep Springs, CA · 404 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 404 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.236 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 406 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.58 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 408 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.537 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 408 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.837 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 408 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.748 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 409 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.226 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada · 410 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.630 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 410 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.519 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 411 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.77 km SSE of Deep Springs, CA · 419 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.83 km N of Big Pine, CA · 419 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.08 km SE of Deep Springs, CA · 421 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.531 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 421 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.610 km S of Big Pine, California · 422 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.918 km NNW of Independence, CA · 424 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.933 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 424 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00903567. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:09 AM UTC.