M1.6 earthquake 30km WSW of Tonopah, NV

Magnitude

1.6 (mc), micro

Local time

Sun, Sep 20, 1981, 11:19 PM PDT

UTC

1981-09-21 06:19:58 UTC

Depth

4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.968° N, 117.549° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

245°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

0

• Tonopah, NevadaPopulation 2,478. Forecast30 kmWSW
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast217 kmESE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast229 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast440 kmN

After

1. 2.121km E of Hawthorne, NVWed, Sep 23, 12:58 PM PDT · 16435 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
2. 1.540km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CAThu, Sep 24, 3:08 PM PDT · 16434 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
3. 2.260km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Sep 24, 4:01 PM PDT · 16434 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
4. 1.842km SSW of Tonopah, NVMon, Sep 28, 9:05 AM PDT · 16430 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
5. 1.943km SSW of Tonopah, NVMon, Sep 28, 10:32 AM PDT · 16430 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
6. 1.743km SSW of Tonopah, NVMon, Sep 28, 10:48 AM PDT · 16430 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
7. 1.943km SSW of Tonopah, NVMon, Sep 28, 11:19 AM PDT · 16430 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
8. 2.263km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CATue, Sep 29, 3:45 PM PDT · 16429 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
9. 1.830km E of Hawthorne, NVTue, Sep 29, 7:12 PM PDT · 16429 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
10. 2.352km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Sep 30, 1:47 AM PDT · 16429 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
11. 1.840km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Sep 30, 7:11 AM PDT · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
12. 1.851km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Sep 30, 8:26 AM PDT · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
13. 1.760km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Sep 30, 9:17 AM PDT · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
14. 2.341km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Sep 30, 9:43 AM PDT · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
15. 2.054km SE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Sep 30, 11:04 AM PDT · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
16. 1.649km WNW of Tonopah, NVWed, Sep 30, 11:14 AM PDT · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
17. 1.855km NW of Tonopah, NVWed, Sep 30, 11:23 AM PDT · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
18. 1.641km WNW of Tonopah, NVWed, Sep 30, 11:56 AM PDT · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
19. 2.070km W of Tonopah, NVWed, Sep 30, 12:07 PM PDT · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
20. 1.939km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Sep 30, 12:10 PM PDT · 16428 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
21. 2.564km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Sep 30, 3:56 PM PDT · 16428 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
22. 2.237km NE of Mammoth Lakes, CAWed, Sep 30, 4:29 PM PDT · 16428 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
23. 2.265km E of Hawthorne, NVFri, Oct 2, 9:35 AM PDT · 16426 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
24. 1.536km ENE of Bishop, CASat, Oct 3, 1:01 PM PDT · 16425 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
25. 1.765km E of Big Pine, CAFri, Oct 30, 4:27 AM PST · 16398 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
26. 1.714 km NNW of Benton, CaliforniaFri, Oct 30, 11:42 AM PST · 16398 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
27. 1.842km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAMon, Nov 9, 4:30 PM PST · 16388 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
28. 1.629km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Nov 12, 8:50 PM PST · 16385 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
29. 2.334km S of Tonopah, NVMon, Nov 16, 8:32 AM PST · 16381 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
30. 1.533km WSW of Tonopah, NVMon, Nov 16, 8:25 PM PST · 16381 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
31. 1.742km WSW of Tonopah, NVTue, Nov 17, 3:48 PM PST · 16380 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
32. 2.664km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAWed, Nov 18, 5:46 PM PST · 16379 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
33. 3.044km NNW of Beatty, NVThu, Nov 19, 1:41 PM PST · 16378 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
34. 1.925km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CAThu, Nov 19, 7:59 PM PST · 16378 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away

Before

1. 1.936km S of Hawthorne, NVSat, Sep 19, 9:12 AM PDT · 16439 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
2. 2.243km ESE of Hawthorne, NVThu, Sep 17, 7:44 PM PDT · 16441 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
3. 2.037km E of Hawthorne, NVThu, Sep 17, 10:30 AM PDT · 16441 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
4. 1.847km E of Hawthorne, NVWed, Sep 16, 10:23 AM PDT · 16442 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
5. 2.735km SSE of Hawthorne, NVSat, Sep 12, 5:36 PM PDT · 16446 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
6. 4.3California-Nevada border regionSat, Sep 12, 11:12 AM PDT · 16446 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
7. 2.155km SE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Sep 2, 11:44 PM PDT · 16456 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
8. 1.538km SSE of Hawthorne, NVWed, Sep 2, 2:48 PM PDT · 16456 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
9. 1.752km SSE of Hawthorne, NVSat, Aug 29, 7:43 AM PDT · 16460 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
10. 1.639km SSE of Hawthorne, NVSun, Aug 23, 10:06 AM PDT · 16466 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
11. 3.022 km NNE of Silver Peak, NevadaSat, Aug 22, 9:32 PM PDT · 16467 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
12. 1.555km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CASat, Aug 22, 10:11 AM PDT · 16467 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci523297. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC.