Nevada earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 31 km SE of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 31 km SE of Mina, Nevada on Fri, May 15, 2020, 4:58 AM PDT (11:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 32 km ESE of Mina, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-05-15 11:58:29 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.168° N, 117.889° W
Region
Nevada
Strongest shaking
III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration
1.6% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
-0.8 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
47°
Stations used
51

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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.536 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 41
  2. 2.832 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.931 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.730 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.631 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.930 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.531 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 3.532 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  9. 3.228 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.830 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.629 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.434 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.324 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 3.132 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.029 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.538 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 2.733 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 2.826 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.831 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.926 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 2.133 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 3.031 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 3.335 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.136 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.929 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 3.327 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
  27. 3.039 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.934 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 4.337 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 7
  30. 2.733 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 2.430 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 2.532 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 2.626 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 2.632 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  35. 3.029 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.830 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 3.333 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.429 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.534 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 3.326 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 5
  41. 3.232 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 2.737 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  43. 3.834 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
  44. 3.930 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.826 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 2.234 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  47. 2.631 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 3.439 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.937 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 2.332 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 4.228 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5
  52. 2.731 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 2.731 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  54. 2.329 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 3.427 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
  56. 3.230 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 3.025 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.029 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 3.028 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 3.430 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.829 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 18
  3. 2.536 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 3.431 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  5. 3.039 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 3.229 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.839 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 3.030 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 3.029 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 4.030 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 13
  11. 5.131 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 170
  12. 3.626 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 2.929 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 3.426 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 5
  15. 4.928 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 234
  16. 3.832 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 29
  17. 4.028 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 32
  18. 3.537 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 4.129 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 97
  20. 6.5Monte Cristo Range, NV Earthquake · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 11,961

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009gka (also filed as nn00725311). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:07 AM UTC.