M1.5 earthquake 24 km ENE of Benton, California

Magnitude

1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Nevada Seismological Laboratory

Local time

Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 7:44 PM PDT

UTC

2021-03-15 02:44:23 UTC

Depth

5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.872° N, 118.209° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.51

Station coverage gap

99°

Stations used

20

• Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaPopulation 2,645. Forecast57 kmNNE
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast175 kmSE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast176 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast425 kmN

After

1. 1.540km NNE of Toms Place, CAMon, Mar 15, 3:18 AM PDT · 2028 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
2. 1.628 km WSW of Hawthorne, NevadaMon, Mar 15, 6:14 AM PDT · 2028 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
3. 1.638 km SE of Mina, NevadaMon, Mar 15, 1:19 PM PDT · 2028 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
4. 1.831 km SE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 16, 3:40 AM PDT · 2027 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
5. 2.717km SW of Toms Place, CATue, Mar 16, 4:42 AM PDT · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
6. 1.639 km SE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 16, 6:05 AM PDT · 2027 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
7. 1.530 km SSE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 16, 9:03 AM PDT · 2027 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
8. 1.629 km SSE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 16, 9:44 AM PDT · 2027 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
9. 1.517km SW of Toms Place, CATue, Mar 16, 11:32 AM PDT · 2027 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
10. 1.526 km SSE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 16, 5:40 PM PDT · 2026 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
11. 2.133 km SE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 16, 9:42 PM PDT · 2026 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
12. 1.627 km SSE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 16, 10:07 PM PDT · 2026 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
13. 1.627 km SSE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 16, 11:08 PM PDT · 2026 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
14. 1.534 km SE of Mina, NevadaWed, Mar 17, 8:34 AM PDT · 2026 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
15. 1.612km NNE of Round Valley, CAWed, Mar 17, 9:49 AM PDT · 2026 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
16. 2.113km W of Toms Place, CAWed, Mar 17, 11:49 AM PDT · 2026 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
17. 2.429km SE of Bodie, CAWed, Mar 17, 1:46 PM PDT · 2026 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
18. 1.524 km S of Mina, NevadaWed, Mar 17, 3:06 PM PDT · 2026 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
19. 1.835 km SE of Mina, NevadaWed, Mar 17, 4:55 PM PDT · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
20. 2.027 km S of Mina, NevadaWed, Mar 17, 5:20 PM PDT · 2025 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
21. 1.731 km SSE of Mina, NevadaWed, Mar 17, 6:29 PM PDT · 2025 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
22. 1.535 km SE of Mina, NevadaWed, Mar 17, 10:34 PM PDT · 2025 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
23. 1.830km SE of Bodie, CAThu, Mar 18, 3:28 AM PDT · 2025 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
24. 2.729 km SSE of Mina, NevadaThu, Mar 18, 10:39 AM PDT · 2025 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
25. 1.631 km SE of Mina, NevadaThu, Mar 18, 1:15 PM PDT · 2025 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
26. 1.831 km SE of Mina, NevadaThu, Mar 18, 10:06 PM PDT · 2024 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
27. 1.534 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 19, 2:42 AM PDT · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
28. 1.728 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 19, 3:43 AM PDT · 2024 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
29. 1.640km NNE of Toms Place, CAFri, Mar 19, 4:53 AM PDT · 2024 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
30. 2.041km NNE of Toms Place, CAFri, Mar 19, 4:56 AM PDT · 2024 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
31. 2.830 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 19, 5:56 AM PDT · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
32. 1.934 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 19, 12:26 PM PDT · 2024 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
33. 3.127 km SSE of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 19, 6:16 PM PDT · 2023 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
34. 1.729 km SSE of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 20, 7:00 AM PDT · 2023 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
35. 2.219km SW of Toms Place, CASat, Mar 20, 10:41 AM PDT · 2023 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
36. 2.819km SW of Toms Place, CASat, Mar 20, 10:55 AM PDT · 2023 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
37. 1.524 km S of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 20, 11:11 AM PDT · 2023 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
38. 2.438 km SE of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 20, 1:51 PM PDT · 2023 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
39. 2.334 km SE of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 20, 4:26 PM PDT · 2022 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
40. 1.634 km SE of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 20, 7:20 PM PDT · 2022 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
41. 1.631 km SE of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 20, 10:05 PM PDT · 2022 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
42. 1.643 km ESE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSat, Mar 20, 10:11 PM PDT · 2022 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
43. 1.732 km SSE of Mina, NevadaSun, Mar 21, 9:11 AM PDT · 2022 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
44. 3.139km NNE of Toms Place, CASun, Mar 21, 3:33 PM PDT · 2022 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
45. 1.629 km S of Mina, NevadaSun, Mar 21, 5:42 PM PDT · 2021 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
46. 2.325 km S of Mina, NevadaSun, Mar 21, 5:46 PM PDT · 2021 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
47. 1.630 km S of Mina, NevadaSun, Mar 21, 6:29 PM PDT · 2021 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
48. 1.528 km S of Mina, NevadaMon, Mar 22, 4:17 AM PDT · 2021 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
49. 1.89km WSW of Toms Place, CAMon, Mar 22, 5:33 AM PDT · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
50. 1.641km NNE of Toms Place, CAMon, Mar 22, 6:35 AM PDT · 2021 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
51. 1.513 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaMon, Mar 22, 7:00 AM PDT · 2021 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
52. 1.532 km SE of Mina, NevadaMon, Mar 22, 7:02 AM PDT · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
53. 1.837 km SE of Mina, NevadaMon, Mar 22, 1:08 PM PDT · 2021 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
54. 1.89km W of Toms Place, CAMon, Mar 22, 1:23 PM PDT · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
55. 2.837 km SE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 23, 12:04 AM PDT · 2020 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
56. 2.727 km SSE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 23, 2:00 AM PDT · 2020 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
57. 2.828 km SSW of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 23, 2:39 AM PDT · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
58. 1.534 km SE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 23, 6:06 PM PDT · 2019 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
59. 2.839km NNE of Toms Place, CATue, Mar 23, 8:06 PM PDT · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
60. 1.739 km ESE of Mina, NevadaTue, Mar 23, 10:23 PM PDT · 2019 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 1.511km WNW of Toms Place, CASun, Mar 14, 1:02 PM PDT · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
2. 1.736 km SE of Mina, NevadaSun, Mar 14, 1:52 AM PST · 2029 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
3. 1.536 km SE of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 13, 10:01 PM PST · 2029 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
4. 1.529 km SSE of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 13, 1:55 PM PST · 2030 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
5. 1.534 km SE of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 13, 9:00 AM PST · 2030 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
6. 1.614 km NE of Mina, NevadaSat, Mar 13, 3:15 AM PST · 2030 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
7. 1.914km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CAFri, Mar 12, 10:23 PM PST · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
8. 2.421km NNW of Deep Springs, CAFri, Mar 12, 10:13 PM PST · 2030 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
9. 2.831 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 12, 10:00 PM PST · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
10. 1.513 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaFri, Mar 12, 8:23 PM PST · 2030 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
11. 1.629 km SSE of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 12, 7:15 PM PST · 2030 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
12. 2.041km NNE of Toms Place, CAFri, Mar 12, 3:24 PM PST · 2030 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
13. 1.736 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 12, 12:11 PM PST · 2031 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
14. 2.330 km S of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 12, 11:58 AM PST · 2031 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
15. 1.812 km NE of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 12, 11:52 AM PST · 2031 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
16. 1.641km NNE of Toms Place, CAFri, Mar 12, 9:28 AM PST · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
17. 2.341km NNE of Toms Place, CAFri, Mar 12, 7:26 AM PST · 2031 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
18. 1.515 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaFri, Mar 12, 6:07 AM PST · 2031 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
19. 1.541km NNE of Toms Place, CAFri, Mar 12, 4:04 AM PST · 2031 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
20. 1.636 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Mar 12, 3:22 AM PST · 2031 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00802649. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC.