Nevada earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 9 km ENE of Whitney, Nevada

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Whitney, Nevada on Fri, Jan 9, 2026, 1:00 PM PST (21:00 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.3 20 km ENE of Nelson, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2026-01-09 21:00:59 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.131° N, 114.943° 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
±0.22
Station coverage gap
254°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km N of Mount Charleston, Nevada · 265 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.610 km SSE of Enterprise, Nevada · 262 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.917 km NW of North Las Vegas, Nevada · 259 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.51 km WNW of Spring Valley, Nevada · 258 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.716 km NNE of Summerlin South, Nevada · 258 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.69 km NE of Whitney, Nevada · 255 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 1.610 km SW of Enterprise, Nevada · 255 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.711 km SE of Indian Springs, Nevada · 254 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.611 km ENE of Henderson, Nevada · 253 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.927 km N of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 253 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.712 km NNE of Summerlin South, Nevada · 251 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.88 km E of Moapa Town, Nevada · 251 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.540 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 251 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.944 km S of Alamo, Nevada · 251 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.027 km E of Goodsprings, Nevada · 247 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  16. 1.917 km NE of Boulder City, Nevada · 246 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.725 km NE of Boulder City, Nevada · 246 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.032 km SSE of Goodsprings, Nevada · 241 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.87 km WSW of Henderson, Nevada · 240 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.611 km NNW of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 240 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 1.614 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 240 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 1.628 km NNE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 240 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 1.52 km NNW of Enterprise, Nevada · 233 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 1.72 km WNW of Whitney, Nevada · 233 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 2.226 km E of Indian Springs, Nevada · 233 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.320 km ENE of Nelson, Nevada · 231 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 1.715 km NW of Las Vegas, Nevada · 231 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 1.72 km NW of Enterprise, Nevada · 225 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 1.83 km WSW of Boulder City, Nevada · 223 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 1.612 km NE of Moapa Town, Nevada · 221 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 1.636 km SSE of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 220 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.616 km WSW of Bunkerville, Nevada · 219 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.614 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada · 218 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 1.710 km SSE of Blue Diamond, Nevada · 217 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.78 km NE of Dolan Springs, Arizona · 217 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 1.814 km SSE of Mount Charleston, Nevada · 215 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 1.712 km S of Boulder City, Nevada · 214 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 1.518 km E of Goodsprings, Nevada · 212 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.66 km SSW of Blue Diamond, Nevada · 211 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 1.95 km NNE of Whitney, Nevada · 211 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away

Before

  1. 2.19 km NW of Blue Diamond, Nevada · 268 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.68 km SSE of Paradise, Nevada · 276 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.79 km WSW of Henderson, Nevada · 282 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00909375. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:25 AM UTC.