M1.5 earthquake 13 km ENE of Tecopa, California
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km ENE of Tecopa, California on Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 8:50 AM PDT (15:50 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 43km W of Shoshone, CA. 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
- 2020-04-23 15:50:27 UTC
- Depth
- 8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.881° N, 116.088° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.740 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 2339 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.443km W of Shoshone, CA · 2337 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.948 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 2334 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.614km S of Fort Irwin, CA · 2320 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.07km W of Furnace Creek, CA · 2319 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.836 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 2319 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.514km S of Fort Irwin, CA · 2318 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 2.743km W of Shoshone, CA · 2356 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.043 km W of Shoshone, CA · 2356 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.142 km W of Shoshone, California · 2365 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.946 km W of Shoshone, California · 2372 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.913km ENE of Fort Irwin, CA · 2384 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00723518. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC.