Nevada earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 38km SSE of Hawthorne, NV

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 38km SSE of Hawthorne, NV on Sat, Feb 7, 1981, 1:00 PM PST (21:00 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 18km W of Hawthorne, NV. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mh), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-02-07 21:00:22 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.238° N, 118.379° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.39
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
310°, 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: 167 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.440km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.420km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16662 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.236km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.114 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 16662 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.037km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16662 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.942km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16661 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.353km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16661 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.434km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16660 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.918km W of Hawthorne, NV · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.735km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.432km NW of Hawthorne, NV · 16659 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.332km N of Tonopah, NV · 16658 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.115km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16658 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.149km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16658 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.936km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16658 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.425km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16658 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.725km W of Tonopah, NV · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 3.412 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.646km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.534km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16657 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 2.166km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16656 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  22. 2.324km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16656 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.522km SSW of Hawthorne, NV · 16656 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 2.133km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16655 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 2.412km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16654 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 2.418km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16654 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 2.438km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16654 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.444km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16653 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 2.336km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16653 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.541km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16652 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 1.89 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16652 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 2.126km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16652 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.331km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16652 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  34. 2.42km NNE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16652 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 3.12 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16652 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 1.861km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 2.343km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 1.841km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 2.350km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 2.121km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.127km NW of West Bishop, CA · 16650 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 2.86km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16650 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  43. 2.120km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16650 days ago · -2 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 1.625km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16648 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 2.326km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16648 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.219km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16647 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.336km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16647 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 1.97km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16647 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 3.2California-Nevada border region · 16646 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 3.411 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16646 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 3.112 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 16645 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.315km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16645 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 2.144km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16645 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 2.217km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16645 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 2.544km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16644 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.243km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16644 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 1.915km E of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16644 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 1.949km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16643 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 2.020km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 16643 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 1.818km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16643 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 167.

Before

  1. 1.927km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.925km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.017km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16663 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.348km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.921km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16664 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.425km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16664 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.212 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16664 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.914 km SSE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 16664 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.229km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.149km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.034km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16664 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.78 km WNW of Aspen Springs, California · 16665 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 2.213 km NNW of Benton, California · 16665 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.44km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 16666 days ago · -2 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.138km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.343km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.438km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.140km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.441km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.734km S of Hawthorne, NV · 16667 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci12254367. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.