M1.7 earthquake 43 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada on Wed, Jan 7, 2026, 2:32 PM PST (22:32 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 30 km SSW of Alamo, 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
- 2026-01-07 22:32:28 UTC
- Depth
- 11.5 km (7.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.169° N, 114.733° 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
- ±0.51
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- 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: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.643 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 269 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.144 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 269 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 269 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.612 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 268 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.643 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 268 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.726 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 266 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.224 km N of Indian Springs, Nevada · 265 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 264 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.622 km NNE of Hiko, Nevada · 264 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.730 km W of Alamo, Nevada · 263 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 263 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.639 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 256 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.927 km N of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 255 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.88 km E of Moapa Town, Nevada · 252 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 252 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.944 km S of Alamo, Nevada · 252 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.627 km SSE of Rachel, Nevada · 250 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada · 250 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.533 km W of Veyo, Utah · 249 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.331 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 249 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Hiko, Nevada · 249 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Alamo, Nevada · 245 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.627 km SSE of Rachel, Nevada · 244 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.732 km S of Rachel, Nevada · 244 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 242 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.614 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 242 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.628 km NNE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 241 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.525 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 239 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.926 km SSE of Rachel, Nevada · 236 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.226 km E of Indian Springs, Nevada · 234 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.925 km N of Hiko, Nevada · 232 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.616 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 227 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.214 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada · 223 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.730 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 223 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 3.431 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 223 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.532 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 223 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.529 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 223 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.947 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 223 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.029 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 222 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.612 km NE of Moapa Town, Nevada · 222 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.813 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 222 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.616 km WSW of Bunkerville, Nevada · 221 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.548 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada · 219 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.627 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 216 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.930 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 212 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.131 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 211 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 2.059 km S of Rachel, Nevada · 275 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.452 km S of Rachel, Nevada · 277 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.69 km W of Veyo, Utah · 281 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.98 km W of Veyo, Utah · 281 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.830 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 290 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of Mesquite, Nevada · 290 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.836 km SW of Alamo, Nevada · 290 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.022 km E of Alamo, Nevada · 292 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.628 km W of Ivins, Utah · 293 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00909295. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:05 PM UTC.