M3.7 earthquake 54km SSE of Hawthorne, NV
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 54km SSE of Hawthorne, NV on Wed, May 3, 1933, 2:40 PM GMT-8 (22:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 12 km NNW of Mina, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1933-05-03 22:40:23 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.072° N, 118.405° W
- Region
- California
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 86.2 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 357°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 2
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.121 km ENE of Mina, Nevada · 34108 days ago · 65 km away
- 5.212 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 34082 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.636km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 34064 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.215km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 34064 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.237km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 34064 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3360421. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 4:05 PM UTC.