Nevada earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 28 km WSW of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 28 km WSW of Mina, Nevada on Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 7:20 PM PDT (02:20 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 34 km SE of Mina, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-04-19 02:20:05 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.258° N, 118.387° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.75
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 75.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00915396. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:05 AM UTC.