Nevada earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 41km SSE of Hawthorne, NV

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 41km SSE of Hawthorne, NV on Wed, Jan 21, 1981, 9:14 PM PST (05:14 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 39km SE of Hawthorne, NV. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mh), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-01-22 05:14:58 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.209° N, 118.385° W
Region
Nevada
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 7.4 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.41
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
300°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.353km SW of Tonopah, NV · 16679 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.442km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16679 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.350km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16679 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.225km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16679 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.452km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16679 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 3.039km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16678 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.449km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16677 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 3.033 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 16677 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.142km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16676 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.236km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16676 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.02 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16676 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.533km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16676 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.445km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16676 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.350km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16675 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.035km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 16675 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.411 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 16674 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.233km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 16674 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.426km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16674 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.429km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16674 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.948km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16674 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.028km NW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 1.818km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 3.038km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 4.532 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 16673 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.439km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 2.536km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.442km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16673 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 2.618km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16672 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.833km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16672 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 1.932km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16672 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 2.117km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16672 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 2.411 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16671 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.516km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16671 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 2.520km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 2.325km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16670 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.972km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 2.973km W of Tonopah, NV · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  38. 2.573km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 2.069km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 2.246km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16670 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 1.971km W of Tonopah, NV · 16669 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.122km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16668 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.543km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 2.9California-Nevada border region · 16668 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 1.950km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.346km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 16668 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  47. 2.74 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16667 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 2.734km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 2.441km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.140km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 2.438km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.343km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 2.138km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 2.44km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16666 days ago · -2 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.213 km NNW of Benton, California · 16665 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  56. 1.78 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16665 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 2.034km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16665 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 2.149km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 2.229km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 2.914 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16664 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

  1. 1.632km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16681 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.43km SW of West Bishop, CA · 16681 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.51 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 16681 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.724km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16682 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.913 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16683 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.352km NNW of Tonopah, NV · 16684 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.023km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16684 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.939km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16685 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.256km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16685 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.712 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16685 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.629km E of Hawthorne, NV · 16685 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.140km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16685 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 3.311 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16685 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.481km NE of Hawthorne, NV · 16686 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.826km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16686 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.010 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16686 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.111 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16686 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  18. 3.128km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16686 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.272km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16686 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.324km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16686 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci12250775. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC.