M1.6 earthquake 39 km SE of Caliente, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 39 km SE of Caliente, Nevada on Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 10:30 PM PST (06:30 UTC), 14 km (9 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-01-21 06:30:19 UTC
- Depth
- 14.5 km (9.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.346° N, 114.219° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 205°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.88 km E of Moapa Town, Nevada · 249 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 249 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.944 km S of Alamo, Nevada · 249 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.737 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada · 247 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.533 km W of Veyo, Utah · 246 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.77 km ESE of Hiko, Nevada · 246 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Alamo, Nevada · 242 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.616 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 224 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.214 km NW of Beaverdam, Nevada · 220 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.730 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 220 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 3.431 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 220 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.947 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 220 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.029 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 219 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.612 km NE of Moapa Town, Nevada · 219 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.813 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 219 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.616 km WSW of Bunkerville, Nevada · 218 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.548 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada · 216 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.627 km NNE of Beryl Junction, Utah · 216 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.711 km S of Kanarraville, Utah · 213 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.627 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 213 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.47 km NNW of Leeds, Utah · 208 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.618 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 201 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.529 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 200 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.636 km S of Caliente, Nevada · 199 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.624 km S of Caliente, Nevada · 195 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.219 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 194 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 1.67 km SW of Enterprise, Utah · 260 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.622 km NNE of Hiko, Nevada · 261 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.623 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 261 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.643 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 265 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.612 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 265 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 265 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.144 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 266 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.643 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 266 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.743 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 266 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.69 km W of Veyo, Utah · 277 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.98 km W of Veyo, Utah · 278 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu80127756 (also filed as nn00909782). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC.