M1.8 earthquake 49 km S of Goldfield, Nevada

Magnitude

1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Nevada Seismological Laboratory

Local time

Fri, Jan 16, 2026, 2:38 AM PST

UTC

2026-01-16 10:38:31 UTC

Depth

6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.262° N, 117.274° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Station coverage gap

69°

Stations used

27

• Goldfield, NevadaPopulation 268. Forecast50 kmS
• Pahrump, NevadaPopulation 36,441. Forecast164 kmNW
• Visalia, CaliforniaPopulation 130,104. Forecast207 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast368 kmNNE

After

1. 1.837 km WNW of Beatty, NevadaSat, Jan 17, 6:49 AM PST · 258 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
2. 1.653 km NE of Beatty, NevadaSun, Jan 18, 11:21 AM PST · 256 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
3. 1.617 km E of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Jan 26, 12:54 AM PST · 249 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
4. 1.638 km NW of Beatty, NevadaThu, Jan 29, 11:23 PM PST · 245 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
5. 1.710 km ENE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jan 30, 8:47 PM PST · 244 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
6. 1.810 km ENE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jan 30, 11:34 PM PST · 244 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
7. 1.723 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaFri, Jan 30, 11:41 PM PST · 244 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
8. 1.811 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSat, Jan 31, 8:46 AM PST · 244 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
9. 1.840 km ENE of Independence, CaliforniaSun, Feb 1, 12:00 PM PST · 242 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
10. 2.410 km ENE of Independence, CaliforniaMon, Feb 2, 2:59 AM PST · 242 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
11. 1.840 km SE of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Feb 2, 5:23 AM PST · 242 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
12. 1.823 km SSE of Dyer, NevadaThu, Feb 5, 12:48 PM PST · 238 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
13. 1.615 km WNW of Silver Peak, NevadaFri, Feb 6, 11:19 AM PST · 237 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
14. 1.68 km ENE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Feb 6, 11:52 PM PST · 237 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
15. 1.79 km ENE of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Feb 8, 1:38 PM PST · 235 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
16. 2.034 km SE of Beatty, NevadaTue, Feb 10, 8:10 PM PST · 233 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
17. 1.738 km ENE of Big Pine, CaliforniaWed, Feb 11, 1:30 AM PST · 233 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
18. 1.631 km WSW of Furnace Creek, CaliforniaWed, Feb 11, 2:51 AM PST · 233 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
19. 1.610 km ENE of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Feb 11, 4:04 AM PST · 233 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
20. 1.711 km E of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Feb 11, 1:29 PM PST · 232 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
21. 1.828 km S of Dyer, NevadaFri, Feb 13, 8:33 AM PST · 231 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
22. 1.557 km SSW of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Feb 13, 4:48 PM PST · 230 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
23. 1.510 km ENE of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Feb 14, 5:40 PM PST · 229 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
24. 1.89 km ENE of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Feb 14, 5:41 PM PST · 229 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
25. 1.515 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaMon, Feb 16, 1:29 AM PST · 228 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
26. 1.753 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Feb 16, 12:11 PM PST · 227 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
27. 2.211 km ENE of Big Pine, CATue, Feb 17, 9:27 AM PST · 227 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
28. 1.97 km SE of Deep Springs, CAFri, Feb 20, 10:25 AM PST · 223 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
29. 1.632 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Feb 20, 1:24 PM PST · 223 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
30. 2.540 km SE of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Feb 22, 5:44 AM PST · 222 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
31. 1.833 km NE of Keeler, CaliforniaSun, Feb 22, 11:09 PM PST · 221 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
32. 2.121 km SSW of Silver Peak, NevadaTue, Feb 24, 5:03 AM PST · 220 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
33. 1.620 km SSW of Silver Peak, NevadaTue, Feb 24, 8:17 AM PST · 220 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
34. 1.621 km SSW of Silver Peak, NevadaTue, Feb 24, 11:09 AM PST · 219 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
35. 1.753 km W of Rachel, NevadaSat, Feb 28, 8:01 AM PST · 216 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
36. 1.643 km SSE of Dyer, NevadaSat, Feb 28, 6:29 PM PST · 215 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
37. 1.557 km NE of Beatty, NevadaThu, Mar 5, 1:31 PM PST · 210 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
38. 1.519 km SE of Silver Peak, NevadaTue, Mar 10, 8:03 PM PDT · 205 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
39. 2.151 km E of Big Pine, CaliforniaWed, Mar 11, 1:15 PM PDT · 204 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
40. 1.746 km NW of Beatty, NevadaSat, Mar 14, 4:28 PM PDT · 201 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
41. 1.68 km SE of Deep Springs, CASat, Mar 14, 5:15 PM PDT · 201 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
42. 1.649 km NW of Beatty, NevadaSat, Mar 14, 8:51 PM PDT · 201 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
43. 1.746 km NW of Beatty, NevadaSat, Mar 14, 9:57 PM PDT · 201 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
44. 1.920 km ENE of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Mar 16, 2:23 AM PDT · 200 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
45. 2.233 km N of Silver Peak, NevadaMon, Mar 16, 2:23 AM PDT · 200 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away

Before

1. 1.857 km E of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Jan 14, 11:16 PM PST · 260 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
2. 3.138 km NW of Beatty, NevadaTue, Jan 13, 11:58 PM PST · 261 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
3. 1.611 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASun, Jan 11, 2:38 PM PST · 263 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
4. 1.711 km ESE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSat, Jan 10, 6:02 AM PST · 265 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
5. 1.538 km NW of Beatty, NevadaWed, Jan 7, 12:16 PM PST · 267 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
6. 3.67 km SE of Deep Springs, CAWed, Jan 7, 7:44 AM PST · 268 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
7. 1.638 km ENE of Big Pine, CaliforniaMon, Jan 5, 7:58 PM PST · 269 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
8. 1.627 km ENE of Beatty, NevadaSun, Jan 4, 4:07 AM PST · 271 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
9. 2.328 km ENE of Beatty, NevadaSun, Jan 4, 3:54 AM PST · 271 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
10. 1.556 km SSW of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Jan 3, 12:43 PM PST · 271 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
11. 1.658 km SSW of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Jan 3, 8:48 AM PST · 272 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
12. 1.751 km WNW of Beatty, NevadaFri, Jan 2, 10:11 AM PST · 272 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
13. 1.954 km ESE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Dec 30, 9:23 PM PST · 275 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
14. 1.520 km SSW of Silver Peak, NevadaMon, Dec 29, 8:28 PM PST · 276 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
15. 2.550 km S of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Dec 28, 6:24 AM PST · 278 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
16. 1.634 km SSE of Silver Peak, NevadaSat, Dec 27, 10:11 PM PST · 278 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
17. 2.117 km E of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Dec 25, 10:56 PM PST · 280 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
18. 2.63 km SE of Wilkerson, CAMon, Dec 22, 12:38 PM PST · 283 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
19. 1.650 km WNW of Beatty, NevadaSun, Dec 21, 10:26 PM PST · 284 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
20. 2.419 km WNW of Silver Peak, NevadaSat, Dec 20, 5:16 AM PST · 286 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00909583. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:16 AM UTC.