M3.5 earthquake 57km SSE of Hawthorne, NV
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 57km SSE of Hawthorne, NV on Tue, Jan 4, 1949, 1:08 PM GMT-8 (21:08 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 30km WSW of Tonopah, NV. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1949-01-04 21:08:30 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.046° N, 118.394° 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 74.0 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 354°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 3
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.530km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 28356 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.919km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 28342 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3356262. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC.