Nevada earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 38 km ESE of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 38 km ESE of Mina, Nevada on Fri, May 15, 2020, 8:49 AM PDT (15:49 UTC), 7 km (4 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
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-05-15 15:49:14 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.208° N, 117.741° W
Region
Nevada
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
10

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. 2.531 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.733 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.523 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.837 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.627 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.941 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 3.029 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.730 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.435 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.729 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.628 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 2.829 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.533 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 3.132 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 3.935 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.228 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.531 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.628 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.127 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.341 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 3.533 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.334 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 2.228 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 3.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.339 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 2.429 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 3.529 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.327 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.129 km SSE of Mina, NV · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 3.229 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 2.629 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 2.637 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 3.727 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 4.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 15
  35. 3.129 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 3.131 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.131 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.329 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 4.232 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 2.429 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  41. 2.427 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 1.939 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  43. 2.427 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 1.934 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 2.130 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 3.138 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 2.235 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 3.023 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 2.426 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  50. 2.524 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  51. 2.924 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 3.832 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 3.233 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 3.129 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  55. 2.630 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 3.538 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.9California-Nevada border region · 2331 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.234 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 3.027 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.230 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.326 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 3.028 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.632 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 2.933 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.736 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 4.836 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 14
  7. 3.030 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.732 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 3.130 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 3.931 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.828 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.132 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 3.328 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.721 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.429 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.730 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.933 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 3.140 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.331 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.640 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2331 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009gwi. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC.