Nevada earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 36 km SSE of Sandy Valley, Nevada

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 36 km SSE of Sandy Valley, Nevada on Mon, Feb 23, 2026, 5:19 PM PST (01:19 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.3 27 km S of Tecopa, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2026-02-24 01:19:56 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.503° N, 115.513° 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
±0.10
Station coverage gap
191°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.614 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada · 218 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.710 km SSE of Blue Diamond, Nevada · 217 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.814 km SSE of Mount Charleston, Nevada · 215 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.712 km S of Boulder City, Nevada · 213 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.518 km E of Goodsprings, Nevada · 212 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.524 km ENE of Kelso, CA · 211 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 1.512 km NE of Tecopa, California · 211 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.66 km SSW of Blue Diamond, Nevada · 211 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.95 km NNE of Whitney, Nevada · 211 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.75 km ENE of Whitney, Nevada · 204 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.55 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada · 203 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.68 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada · 202 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.818 km NE of Henderson, Nevada · 198 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.82 km ESE of Spring Valley, Nevada · 198 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.645 km SSE of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 196 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 1.77 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada · 192 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.19 km SE of Enterprise, Nevada · 191 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.631 km S of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 190 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 1.73 km W of Las Vegas, Nevada · 190 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 3.327 km S of Tecopa, CA · 187 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.912 km NNW of Nelson, Nevada · 185 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  22. 1.68 km N of Boulder City, Nevada · 183 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.817 km ENE of Boulder City, Nevada · 177 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.68 km S of Henderson, Nevada · 175 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 1.827 km S of Tecopa, CA · 174 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.227 km S of Tecopa, CA · 164 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.51 km NNE of Whitney, Nevada · 162 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 1.83 km WSW of Boulder City, Nevada · 223 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.818 km SSW of Tecopa, California · 223 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.72 km NW of Enterprise, Nevada · 225 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.715 km NW of Las Vegas, Nevada · 231 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.320 km ENE of Nelson, Nevada · 231 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.72 km WNW of Whitney, Nevada · 233 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.52 km NNW of Enterprise, Nevada · 233 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.611 km NNW of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 240 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.87 km WSW of Henderson, Nevada · 240 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.032 km SSE of Goodsprings, Nevada · 240 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 1.917 km NE of Boulder City, Nevada · 246 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 2.027 km E of Goodsprings, Nevada · 247 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00911142. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC.