Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 38 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 38 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada on Mon, Sep 21, 2020, 4:10 PM PDT (23:10 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km N of Schurz, 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
2020-09-21 23:10:35 UTC
Depth
2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.065° N, 118.391° 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
193°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.519 km SSE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2201 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.555 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · 2200 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.752 km W of Austin, Nevada · 2196 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.934 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 2196 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.234 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 2194 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.811 km NE of Mina, Nevada · 2192 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.923 km ENE of Mina, Nevada · 2192 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.028 km ESE of Schurz, Nevada · 2187 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 1.617 km NNE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2187 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.77 km NW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 2187 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.528 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2182 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.638 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 2180 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.211 km NE of Mina, Nevada · 2179 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.59 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 2177 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 1.815 km E of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2172 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.06 km SE of Gabbs, Nevada · 2171 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.121 km E of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2169 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 2.014 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 2167 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.114 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2167 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.635 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 2159 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 1.528 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 2153 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.85 km N of Schurz, Nevada · 2151 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 1.722 km E of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2149 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.728.2 km NE of Hawthorne, NV · 2147 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 1.752.7 km SSE of Gabbs, NV · 2145 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 1.725 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 2143 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.028 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 2142 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 1.832 km SE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 2203 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.213 km ENE of Mina, Nevada · 2205 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.027 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 2206 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.357 km ENE of Fallon Station, Nevada · 2212 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.517 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 2214 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.74 km NE of Schurz, Nevada · 2215 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.517 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2218 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.618 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2218 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.626 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2218 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.616 km WSW of Schurz, Nevada · 2222 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.30 km NNW of Schurz, Nevada · 2224 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.522 km ENE of Mina, Nevada · 2225 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.7Nevada · 2229 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 1.527 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 2230 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.921 km S of Gabbs, Nevada · 2231 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.534 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 2231 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.928 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 2231 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00775035. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC.