Nevada earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 7 km SW of Topaz Lake, Nevada

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Topaz Lake, Nevada on Sat, Jan 23, 1982, 6:17 PM PST (02:17 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 1 km SW of Mesa Vista, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-01-24 02:17:27 UTC
Depth
16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.644° N, 119.604° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
251°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.81 km SW of Mesa Vista, California · 16310 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.815 km WSW of Lee Vining, California · 16308 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.59 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 16306 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.97 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 16304 days ago · -2 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.19 km NW of Truckee, California · 16297 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.57 km NE of Buck Meadows, California · 16296 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.916 km N of El Portal, California · 16293 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.015 km ESE of Long Barn, California · 16291 days ago · 34 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.64 km NNE of Yosemite Valley, California · 16286 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.71 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 16285 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.85 km ENE of Soda Springs, California · 16275 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.68 km NW of Truckee, California · 16269 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.6California-Nevada border region · 16259 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away

Before

  1. 2.220 km WNW of Bridgeport, California · 16313 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.17 km SW of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 16321 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.310 km SE of Markleeville, California · 16329 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1071482. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC.