M1.8 earthquake 61km SE of Hawthorne, NV

Magnitude

1.8 (mh), micro

Local time

Wed, Feb 18, 1981, 3:45 PM PST

UTC

1981-02-18 23:45:30 UTC

Depth

3.8 km (2.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.178° N, 118.082° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.0 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.38

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

267°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Hawthorne, NevadaPopulation 3,269. Forecast61 kmSE
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast164 kmESE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast208 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast459 kmN

After

1. 2.350km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 18, 10:19 PM PST · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
2. 2.121km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 19, 8:46 AM PST · 16651 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
3. 2.127km NW of West Bishop, CAThu, Feb 19, 4:18 PM PST · 16650 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
4. 2.86km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Feb 20, 8:57 AM PST · 16650 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
5. 2.120km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Feb 20, 12:53 PM PST · 16650 days ago · -2 km deep · 93 km away
6. 1.625km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Feb 21, 2:15 PM PST · 16649 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
7. 2.326km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Feb 21, 10:56 PM PST · 16648 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
8. 2.219km E of Mammoth Lakes, CASun, Feb 22, 9:47 PM PST · 16647 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
9. 2.336km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Feb 23, 2:40 AM PST · 16647 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
10. 1.97km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Feb 23, 7:33 AM PST · 16647 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
11. 3.2California-Nevada border regionMon, Feb 23, 3:48 PM PST · 16646 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
12. 3.411 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaTue, Feb 24, 12:29 PM PST · 16646 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
13. 2.315km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Feb 25, 3:36 AM PST · 16645 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
14. 2.144km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 25, 4:40 AM PST · 16645 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
15. 2.217km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Feb 25, 8:40 AM PST · 16645 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
16. 2.544km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Feb 25, 6:53 PM PST · 16644 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
17. 2.243km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 26, 3:29 AM PST · 16644 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
18. 1.915km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Feb 26, 8:21 AM PST · 16644 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
19. 1.949km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 26, 2:33 PM PST · 16644 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
20. 2.020km ESE of Hawthorne, NVThu, Feb 26, 3:43 PM PST · 16644 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
21. 1.818km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Feb 26, 4:38 PM PST · 16643 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
22. 3.010 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaFri, Feb 27, 7:29 AM PST · 16643 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
23. 1.843km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAFri, Feb 27, 10:47 PM PST · 16642 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
24. 3.411 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaFri, Feb 27, 11:46 PM PST · 16642 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
25. 2.064km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASat, Feb 28, 8:39 PM PST · 16641 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
26. 2.344km SSE of Hawthorne, NVSun, Mar 1, 11:35 AM PST · 16641 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
27. 2.347km E of Hawthorne, NVMon, Mar 2, 2:11 PM PST · 16640 days ago · -2 km deep · 36 km away
28. 1.936km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Mar 3, 6:35 AM PST · 16639 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
29. 3.05 km SW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaTue, Mar 3, 7:02 AM PST · 16639 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
30. 1.763km SW of Tonopah, NVTue, Mar 3, 7:13 AM PST · 16639 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
31. 1.939km NE of Big Pine, CATue, Mar 3, 8:45 AM PST · 16639 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
32. 2.433km S of Hawthorne, NVTue, Mar 3, 12:18 PM PST · 16639 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
33. 2.339km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Mar 3, 6:53 PM PST · 16638 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
34. 2.810 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Mar 4, 7:19 PM PST · 16637 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
35. 4.214 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Mar 4, 9:28 PM PST · 16637 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
36. 3.018km SW of Hawthorne, NVWed, Mar 4, 10:19 PM PST · 16637 days ago · -2 km deep · 65 km away
37. 3.66 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaThu, Mar 5, 7:07 AM PST · 16637 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
38. 2.442km E of Hawthorne, NVThu, Mar 5, 12:04 PM PST · 16637 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
39. 1.630km ENE of Bishop, CAThu, Mar 5, 5:06 PM PST · 16636 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
40. 1.728km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Mar 6, 2:03 PM PST · 16636 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
41. 2.026km E of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Mar 6, 2:12 PM PST · 16636 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
42. 1.947km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASun, Mar 8, 3:36 PM PST · 16634 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
43. 2.111km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CAMon, Mar 9, 1:15 PM PST · 16633 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
44. 3.64 km SSW of Bishop, CaliforniaTue, Mar 10, 3:29 PM PST · 16632 days ago · -2 km deep · 99 km away
45. 2.913 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaWed, Mar 11, 4:21 PM PST · 16630 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
46. 2.712 km E of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaWed, Mar 11, 7:19 PM PST · 16630 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
47. 2.144km ESE of Hawthorne, NVThu, Mar 12, 12:04 PM PST · 16630 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
48. 2.324km NW of West Bishop, CAFri, Mar 13, 1:08 AM PST · 16629 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
49. 1.916km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Mar 13, 1:00 PM PST · 16629 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
50. 2.244km E of Hawthorne, NVFri, Mar 13, 4:24 PM PST · 16628 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
51. 2.42km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Mar 14, 9:42 AM PST · 16628 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
52. 1.96 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSat, Mar 14, 10:30 AM PST · 16628 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
53. 2.513km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CASat, Mar 14, 2:00 PM PST · 16628 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
54. 2.530km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASun, Mar 15, 1:09 AM PST · 16627 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
55. 2.449km S of Hawthorne, NVSun, Mar 15, 7:34 PM PST · 16626 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
56. 3.59 km WNW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaSun, Mar 15, 8:53 PM PST · 16626 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
57. 3.16 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaMon, Mar 16, 12:15 PM PST · 16626 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
58. 1.632km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Mar 18, 9:13 PM PST · 16623 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
59. 2.77 km WSW of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Mar 19, 8:27 AM PST · 16623 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
60. 2.79 km W of Aspen Springs, CaliforniaThu, Mar 19, 12:38 PM PST · 16623 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci12255227. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.