M2.4 earthquake 28 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 28 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada on Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 12:14 AM PDT (07:14 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 41 km S of Caliente, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-30 07:14:22 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.121° N, 115.273° 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
- ±0.29
- Station coverage gap
- 194°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.527 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 2012 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.724 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2011 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.941 km S of Caliente, Nevada · 2006 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.621 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 2001 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.114 km E of Alamo, Nevada · 1998 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.814 km SSW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1994 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Rachel, Nevada · 1989 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.124 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 1984 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1980 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.915 km SW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1972 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 2.133 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2022 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.533 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2022 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.619 km E of Alamo, Nevada · 2033 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.629 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2040 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.431 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2043 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00803660. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC.