M2.9 earthquake 7 km SSE of Mina, Nevada

Magnitude

2.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Fri, Aug 7, 1987, 4:47 AM PDT

UTC

1987-08-07 11:47:48 UTC

Depth

5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.332° N, 118.073° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

• Hawthorne, NevadaPopulation 3,269. Forecast53 kmESE
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast158 kmESE
• Reno, NevadaPopulation 264,165. Forecast201 kmSE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast476 kmN

After

1. 1.513 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaFri, Aug 7, 9:31 AM PDT · 14291 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
2. 1.817 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Aug 9, 2:38 AM PDT · 14289 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
3. 1.916 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Aug 9, 12:07 PM PDT · 14289 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
4. 1.911 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Aug 9, 8:25 PM PDT · 14288 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
5. 1.916 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaSun, Aug 9, 11:11 PM PDT · 14288 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
6. 1.614 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaMon, Aug 10, 11:55 AM PDT · 14288 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
7. 2.013 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaMon, Aug 10, 7:10 PM PDT · 14287 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
8. 1.810 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaTue, Aug 11, 3:05 PM PDT · 14287 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
9. 1.511 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 12, 7:59 AM PDT · 14286 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
10. 2.012 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 12, 11:55 AM PDT · 14286 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
11. 2.226 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaFri, Aug 14, 5:15 PM PDT · 14283 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
12. 1.725 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 3:34 AM PDT · 14283 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
13. 1.7California-Nevada border regionSat, Aug 15, 3:34 AM PDT · 14283 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
14. 2.616 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 5:17 AM PDT · 14283 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
15. 1.731 km E of Mono City, CASat, Aug 15, 5:53 AM PDT · 14283 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
16. 1.6California-Nevada border regionSat, Aug 15, 6:44 AM PDT · 14283 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
17. 1.915 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 9:30 AM PDT · 14283 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
18. 1.611 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 1:15 PM PDT · 14283 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
19. 1.826 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 2:07 PM PDT · 14283 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
20. 1.726 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 4:30 PM PDT · 14282 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
21. 2.326 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 9:30 PM PDT · 14282 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
22. 1.9California-Nevada border regionSat, Aug 15, 9:35 PM PDT · 14282 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
23. 1.518 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSat, Aug 15, 10:05 PM PDT · 14282 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
24. 1.818 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Aug 16, 12:48 AM PDT · 14282 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
25. 1.815 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaSun, Aug 16, 5:24 AM PDT · 14282 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
26. 1.515 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaSun, Aug 16, 6:21 AM PDT · 14282 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
27. 1.716 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaSun, Aug 16, 7:44 AM PDT · 14282 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
28. 1.626 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaMon, Aug 17, 2:55 AM PDT · 14281 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
29. 2.426 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaMon, Aug 17, 5:23 AM PDT · 14281 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
30. 2.516 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaWed, Aug 19, 11:09 AM PDT · 14279 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
31. 1.827 km E of Mono City, CaliforniaWed, Aug 19, 3:39 PM PDT · 14278 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
32. 1.515 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 19, 9:14 PM PDT · 14278 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
33. 2.115 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 19, 9:15 PM PDT · 14278 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
34. 2.99 km SE of Bridgeport, CaliforniaWed, Aug 19, 10:58 PM PDT · 14278 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
35. 2.59 km SE of Bridgeport, CaliforniaThu, Aug 20, 1:03 AM PDT · 14278 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
36. 1.718 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaThu, Aug 20, 11:06 AM PDT · 14278 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
37. 1.615 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaThu, Aug 20, 12:56 PM PDT · 14278 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
38. 2.69 km SE of Bridgeport, CaliforniaThu, Aug 20, 3:36 PM PDT · 14277 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
39. 1.616 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaThu, Aug 20, 6:11 PM PDT · 14277 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
40. 1.618 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Aug 20, 8:45 PM PDT · 14277 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
41. 1.616 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaFri, Aug 21, 4:48 AM PDT · 14277 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
42. 2.116 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaFri, Aug 21, 4:49 AM PDT · 14277 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
43. 1.613 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSat, Aug 22, 5:00 AM PDT · 14276 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
44. 1.514 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaSat, Aug 22, 7:45 AM PDT · 14276 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
45. 1.719 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Aug 23, 4:58 PM PDT · 14274 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
46. 1.813 km NE of Mesa, CaliforniaMon, Aug 24, 3:19 PM PDT · 14273 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
47. 1.99 km SW of Dyer, NevadaTue, Aug 25, 9:53 AM PDT · 14273 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
48. 2.016 km E of Sunny Slopes, CaliforniaWed, Aug 26, 1:17 AM PDT · 14272 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
49. 1.619 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaWed, Aug 26, 3:23 AM PDT · 14272 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
50. 1.715 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 26, 5:51 PM PDT · 14271 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
51. 2.718 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Aug 27, 6:34 AM PDT · 14271 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
52. 1.618 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Aug 27, 10:12 AM PDT · 14271 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
53. 1.918 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaThu, Aug 27, 4:27 PM PDT · 14270 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
54. 1.826 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaFri, Aug 28, 2:55 AM PDT · 14270 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
55. 2.114 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaFri, Aug 28, 9:34 AM PDT · 14270 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
56. 2.314 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaSat, Aug 29, 1:54 AM PDT · 14269 days ago · -2 km deep · 63 km away
57. 1.910 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaMon, Aug 31, 1:34 PM PDT · 14267 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
58. 1.610 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaMon, Aug 31, 1:35 PM PDT · 14267 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
59. 2.710 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaMon, Aug 31, 2:16 PM PDT · 14267 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
60. 1.710 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaMon, Aug 31, 2:21 PM PDT · 14267 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away

The first 60 of 124.

Before

1. 1.716 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaTue, Aug 4, 3:23 PM PDT · 14293 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
2. 1.610 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaMon, Aug 3, 10:15 PM PDT · 14294 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
3. 1.519 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaMon, Aug 3, 12:15 PM PDT · 14295 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
4. 3.94 km E of Mina, NevadaMon, Aug 3, 2:48 AM PDT · 14295 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
5. 1.620 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaSun, Aug 2, 2:26 PM PDT · 14296 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
6. 1.914 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Aug 2, 1:50 PM PDT · 14296 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
7. 1.514 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Aug 2, 1:42 PM PDT · 14296 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
8. 2.417 km NE of Mesa, CaliforniaSat, Aug 1, 10:04 PM PDT · 14296 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
9. 1.921 km S of Benton, CaliforniaSat, Aug 1, 2:49 PM PDT · 14297 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
10. 3.115 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaFri, Jul 31, 11:24 PM PDT · 14297 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
11. 2.85 km E of Mina, NevadaThu, Jul 30, 5:13 AM PDT · 14299 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
12. 1.77 km ENE of June Lake, CaliforniaThu, Jul 30, 2:23 AM PDT · 14299 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
13. 1.616 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, CaliforniaWed, Jul 29, 10:05 PM PDT · 14299 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
14. 2.95 km ESE of Mina, NevadaWed, Jul 29, 2:41 PM PDT · 14300 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
15. 2.516 km ENE of Swall Meadows, CaliforniaWed, Jul 29, 12:51 AM PDT · 14300 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
16. 4.4California-Nevada border regionTue, Jul 28, 8:52 PM PDT · 14300 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
17. 1.815 km NNE of Mesa, CaliforniaTue, Jul 28, 5:10 PM PDT · 14300 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
18. 4.31 km SW of Mina, NevadaTue, Jul 28, 11:55 AM PDT · 14301 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
19. 2.512 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaTue, Jul 28, 6:01 AM PDT · 14301 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
20. 2.010 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaTue, Jul 28, 2:32 AM PDT · 14301 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00037az. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.