Nevada earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 21 km SE of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 21 km SE of Mina, Nevada on Fri, May 15, 2020, 7:56 AM PDT (14:56 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
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-05-15 14:56:56 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.259° N, 117.935° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
25

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. 3.328 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.132 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.828 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 3.931 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 3.130 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.732 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.030 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 4.836 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 14
  9. 2.736 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.933 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.632 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 3.028 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.326 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 3.038 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.531 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.733 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.523 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.837 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.627 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 2.941 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 3.029 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.730 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 2.435 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 2.729 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 2.628 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 2.829 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.533 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 3.132 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 3.935 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
  30. 2.228 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 2.531 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 2.628 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.127 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 2.341 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 3.533 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 2.334 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 2.228 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 3.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.339 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 2.429 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 3.529 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  42. 3.327 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.129 km SSE of Mina, NV · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  44. 3.229 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  45. 2.629 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 2.637 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 3.727 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 4.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 15
  49. 3.129 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 3.131 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.131 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  52. 2.329 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 4.232 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 2.429 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 2.427 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 1.939 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  57. 2.427 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  58. 1.934 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.130 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 3.138 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.429 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.730 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.933 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 3.140 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.331 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.640 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 3.028 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.029 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 3.025 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.230 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 3.427 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.329 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.731 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.731 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 4.228 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
  17. 2.332 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.937 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 3.439 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.631 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009gt1 (also filed as nn00725425). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:10 PM UTC.