M2.3 earthquake 30 km N of Tonopah, Nevada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 30 km N of Tonopah, Nevada on Fri, Jul 5, 2002, 10:20 PM PDT (05:20 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 36 km S of Mina, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-06 05:20:55 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.340° N, 117.180° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 228°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.732 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 8852 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.323 km E of Mina, Nevada · 8848 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.728 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 8845 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.185 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 8844 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.019 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 8834 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.631 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 8829 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.220 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 8812 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.536 km S of Mina, Nevada · 8806 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 1.68 km S of Mina, Nevada · 8861 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.633 km ENE of Benton, California · 8864 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Mina, Nevada · 8864 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.154 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada · 8869 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 8869 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.728 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 8872 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.980 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 8886 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00052085. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC.