M1.5 earthquake 32 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 32 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada on Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 2:35 AM PDT (09:35 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 31 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-03-26 09:35:34 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.348° N, 114.374° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.028 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 2379 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.731 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada · 2375 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 13
- 1.714 km NE of Alamo, Nevada · 2375 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.56 km E of Panaca, Nevada · 2375 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.614 km NE of Alamo, Nevada · 2374 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.98 km S of Saint George, Utah · 2373 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.514 km NE of Alamo, Nevada · 2372 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.614 km NE of Alamo, Nevada · 2361 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.515 km NE of Alamo, Nevada · 2352 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.735 km W of Veyo, Utah · 2352 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.036 km W of Veyo, Utah · 2352 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.946 km NNW of Moapa Town, Nevada · 2345 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.847 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 2345 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.142 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 2344 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.633 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 2339 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.926 km WNW of Alamo, Nevada · 2336 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.423 km W of Alamo, Nevada · 2334 days ago · 12 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.625 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada · 2334 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.527 km SW of Hiko, Nevada · 2334 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 1.712 km NNW of New Harmony, Utah · 2385 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.815 km NE of Hiko, Nevada · 2390 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.117 km NNW of Beaver Dam, Arizona · 2393 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.77 km E of Panaca, Nevada · 2394 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.532 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 2397 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.28 km SSW of Leeds, Utah · 2411 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00720390. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.