Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 38 km S of Kingston, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 38 km S of Kingston, Nevada on Tue, Nov 24, 2020, 2:33 PM PST (22:33 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 39 km SE of Mina, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2020-11-24 22:33:17 UTC
Depth
34.3 km (21.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.867° N, 117.071° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Station coverage gap
229°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 139 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 106.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00786103. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC.