M1.5 earthquake 28 km SE of Mina, Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 28 km SE of Mina, Nevada on Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 3:48 AM PST (11:48 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 33 km SSE 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-12-28 11:48:09 UTC
- Depth
- 10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.205° N, 117.878° 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
- 92°
- 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.532 km NW of Benton, California · 2105 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.731 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2104 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.930km SE of Bodie, CA · 2104 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.533 km NW of Benton, California · 2104 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.531 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2104 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2104 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.533 km NW of Benton, California · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.536 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2104 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.534 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2104 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2103 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.635 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2103 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.660 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 2103 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.937km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV · 2103 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.826 km NW of Benton, California · 2103 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.7California-Nevada border region · 2103 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.831 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2103 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.325 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2103 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.633 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2103 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.2Nevada · 2102 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.640km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2102 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.340km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2102 days ago · -1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.535 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.430 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.440km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2102 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
- 1.940km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2102 days ago · -2 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.031km SE of Bodie, CA · 2102 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.936 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.132 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.525 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.738 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.535 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2101 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.537 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2101 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.737 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2101 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.931km SE of Bodie, CA · 2101 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.339km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2101 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.825 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2101 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.125 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.224 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.834 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.433 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.730 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.534 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.431 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.632km SE of Bodie, CA · 2100 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.631km SE of Bodie, CA · 2100 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.835 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.329 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.931 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.139 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.828 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2100 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.524 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2099 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.530 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2099 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.733 km NW of Benton, California · 2099 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2099 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.634 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2099 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.625 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2099 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.425 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.7Nevada · 2099 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.527 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 2099 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.830km SE of Bodie, CA · 2105 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2105 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.624 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2105 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.9California-Nevada border region · 2105 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.729 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2105 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.541 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2105 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.929 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2105 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.735 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.536 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.731 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.626 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.633 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 6
- 1.627 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.531km SE of Bodie, CA · 2106 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 1.523 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.030 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.625 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.627 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.425 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.032 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00795084. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC.