Nevada earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 2 km ESE of Spring Valley, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 2 km ESE of Spring Valley, Nevada on Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 2:04 PM PDT (21:04 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.9 18 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2026-03-17 21:04:19 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.104° N, 115.223° 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
284°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.645 km SSE of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 195 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.77 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada · 191 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.19 km SE of Enterprise, Nevada · 190 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 1.631 km S of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 189 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.73 km W of Las Vegas, Nevada · 189 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.631 km N of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 187 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.920 km N of Shoshone, California · 187 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.918 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 186 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.918 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 185 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.912 km NNW of Nelson, Nevada · 184 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.68 km N of Boulder City, Nevada · 182 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 1.525 km NE of Indian Springs, Nevada · 180 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.817 km ENE of Boulder City, Nevada · 176 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.68 km S of Henderson, Nevada · 175 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 1.618 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 174 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.118 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 173 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.519 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 172 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.715 km NNE of Moapa Valley, Nevada · 172 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.534 km W of Indian Springs, Nevada · 162 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.51 km NNE of Whitney, Nevada · 162 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 1.714 km S of Enterprise, Nevada · 149 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 1.818 km NE of Henderson, Nevada · 198 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.68 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada · 201 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.55 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada · 202 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 1.75 km ENE of Whitney, Nevada · 203 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.95 km NNE of Whitney, Nevada · 210 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.634 km W of Indian Springs, Nevada · 210 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.66 km SSW of Blue Diamond, Nevada · 210 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 1.512 km NE of Tecopa, California · 211 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.518 km E of Goodsprings, Nevada · 211 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.712 km S of Boulder City, Nevada · 212 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 1.814 km SSE of Mount Charleston, Nevada · 214 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.710 km SSE of Blue Diamond, Nevada · 216 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 1.614 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada · 217 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 1.636 km SSE of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 219 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.612 km NE of Moapa Town, Nevada · 220 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.83 km WSW of Boulder City, Nevada · 222 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.72 km NW of Enterprise, Nevada · 224 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00912829. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC.