M1.5 earthquake 32 km NE of Benton, California

Magnitude

1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Nevada Seismological Laboratory

Local time

Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 12:43 PM PDT

UTC

2021-04-15 19:43:38 UTC

Depth

3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.062° N, 118.267° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.39

Station coverage gap

91°

Stations used

10

• Hawthorne, NevadaPopulation 3,269. Forecast60 kmSSE
• Gardnerville Ranchos, NevadaPopulation 11,312. Forecast158 kmSE
• Clovis, CaliforniaPopulation 104,180. Forecast187 kmNE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast446 kmN

After

1. 1.829 km SSE of Mina, NevadaThu, Apr 15, 5:42 PM PDT · 1997 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
2. 1.735 km N of Dyer, NevadaFri, Apr 16, 1:12 AM PDT · 1996 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
3. 1.634 km N of Dyer, NevadaFri, Apr 16, 2:12 AM PDT · 1996 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
4. 1.936 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Apr 16, 4:54 AM PDT · 1996 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
5. 2.234 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Apr 16, 6:20 AM PDT · 1996 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
6. 1.632 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Apr 16, 12:25 PM PDT · 1996 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
7. 1.730 km SSE of Mina, NevadaFri, Apr 16, 2:57 PM PDT · 1996 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
8. 1.539km NNE of Toms Place, CAFri, Apr 16, 5:58 PM PDT · 1996 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
9. 1.530 km SSE of Mina, NevadaSat, Apr 17, 11:14 AM PDT · 1995 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
10. 1.520km NNW of Toms Place, CASat, Apr 17, 2:35 PM PDT · 1995 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
11. 2.933 km SE of Mina, NevadaSat, Apr 17, 9:53 PM PDT · 1994 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
12. 1.930 km SE of Mina, NevadaSat, Apr 17, 10:38 PM PDT · 1994 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
13. 1.635 km SE of Mina, NevadaSun, Apr 18, 2:04 AM PDT · 1994 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
14. 1.935 km SE of Mina, NevadaSun, Apr 18, 3:44 AM PDT · 1994 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
15. 1.632 km SE of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 19, 1:21 AM PDT · 1993 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
16. 1.533 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaMon, Apr 19, 2:09 AM PDT · 1993 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
17. 1.728 km SE of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 19, 7:29 AM PDT · 1993 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
18. 1.527 km SSE of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 19, 6:52 PM PDT · 1993 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
19. 1.534 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaMon, Apr 19, 9:02 PM PDT · 1992 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
20. 2.99km W of Toms Place, CAMon, Apr 19, 10:07 PM PDT · 1992 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
21. 2.131km SE of Bodie, CAMon, Apr 19, 11:38 PM PDT · 1992 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
22. 1.733 km SE of Mina, NevadaTue, Apr 20, 10:06 AM PDT · 1992 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
23. 1.530 km SSE of Mina, NevadaTue, Apr 20, 12:02 PM PDT · 1992 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
24. 1.630 km NNE of Benton, CaliforniaTue, Apr 20, 2:58 PM PDT · 1992 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
25. 2.331km SE of Bodie, CATue, Apr 20, 7:06 PM PDT · 1992 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
26. 2.628 km SSE of Mina, NevadaTue, Apr 20, 10:16 PM PDT · 1991 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
27. 1.928 km SSE of Mina, NevadaTue, Apr 20, 10:38 PM PDT · 1991 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
28. 1.640km NNE of Toms Place, CAWed, Apr 21, 3:44 AM PDT · 1991 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
29. 2.330 km SSE of Mina, NevadaWed, Apr 21, 7:53 AM PDT · 1991 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
30. 2.330km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NVWed, Apr 21, 9:42 AM PDT · 1991 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
31. 2.130 km SE of Mina, NevadaWed, Apr 21, 9:59 AM PDT · 1991 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
32. 1.830 km SE of Mina, NevadaWed, Apr 21, 9:59 AM PDT · 1991 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
33. 1.732 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaWed, Apr 21, 2:56 PM PDT · 1991 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
34. 3.19km WSW of Toms Place, CAThu, Apr 22, 12:00 AM PDT · 1990 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
35. 1.534 km SE of Mina, NevadaThu, Apr 22, 9:12 AM PDT · 1990 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
36. 1.629 km SSE of Mina, NevadaThu, Apr 22, 12:18 PM PDT · 1990 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
37. 1.534 km SE of Mina, NevadaThu, Apr 22, 6:50 PM PDT · 1990 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
38. 3.232 km SE of Mina, NevadaThu, Apr 22, 10:00 PM PDT · 1989 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
39. 1.88km WNW of Round Valley, CAFri, Apr 23, 8:12 AM PDT · 1989 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
40. 2.113km W of Toms Place, CAFri, Apr 23, 12:30 PM PDT · 1989 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
41. 2.03km NNE of Wilkerson, CAFri, Apr 23, 1:56 PM PDT · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
42. 1.527 km SSE of Mina, NevadaFri, Apr 23, 3:35 PM PDT · 1989 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
43. 2.831 km SE of Mina, NevadaFri, Apr 23, 8:35 PM PDT · 1989 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
44. 2.730km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NVFri, Apr 23, 10:34 PM PDT · 1988 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
45. 2.5California-Nevada border regionSat, Apr 24, 1:32 AM PDT · 1988 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
46. 1.94km ENE of Round Valley, CASat, Apr 24, 4:19 AM PDT · 1988 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
47. 1.62km E of Round Valley, CASat, Apr 24, 6:12 AM PDT · 1988 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
48. 2.46km ENE of Deep Springs, CASat, Apr 24, 8:03 AM PDT · 1988 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
49. 2.033 km SE of Mina, NevadaSat, Apr 24, 11:05 AM PDT · 1988 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
50. 1.530 km SSW of Mina, NevadaSat, Apr 24, 12:22 PM PDT · 1988 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
51. 2.234 km SE of Mina, NevadaSun, Apr 25, 10:04 AM PDT · 1987 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
52. 1.631 km ESE of Mina, NevadaSun, Apr 25, 9:20 PM PDT · 1986 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
53. 2.230 km SSE of Mina, NevadaSun, Apr 25, 10:16 PM PDT · 1986 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
54. 1.529 km S of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 26, 2:58 AM PDT · 1986 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
55. 1.629 km SSE of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 26, 7:42 AM PDT · 1986 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
56. 1.734 km SE of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 26, 10:35 AM PDT · 1986 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
57. 1.510 km NW of Benton, CaliforniaMon, Apr 26, 2:24 PM PDT · 1986 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
58. 1.828 km SSE of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 26, 2:39 PM PDT · 1986 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
59. 1.938km NNE of Toms Place, CAMon, Apr 26, 3:30 PM PDT · 1986 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
60. 1.538km NNE of Toms Place, CAMon, Apr 26, 3:41 PM PDT · 1986 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 2.533 km NE of Benton, CaliforniaThu, Apr 15, 8:05 AM PDT · 1997 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.624 km S of Mina, NevadaWed, Apr 14, 2:17 PM PDT · 1998 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
3. 1.625 km S of Mina, NevadaWed, Apr 14, 9:01 AM PDT · 1998 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
4. 1.524 km S of Mina, NevadaWed, Apr 14, 7:13 AM PDT · 1998 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
5. 1.930 km SE of Mina, NevadaWed, Apr 14, 2:02 AM PDT · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
6. 1.727 km SSE of Mina, NevadaTue, Apr 13, 10:37 PM PDT · 1998 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
7. 2.132 km SE of Mina, NevadaTue, Apr 13, 6:22 PM PDT · 1999 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
8. 1.933 km SE of Mina, NevadaTue, Apr 13, 10:38 AM PDT · 1999 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
9. 2.029 km SE of Mina, NevadaTue, Apr 13, 9:06 AM PDT · 1999 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
10. 2.813km W of Toms Place, CATue, Apr 13, 7:25 AM PDT · 1999 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
11. 2.233 km SE of Mina, NevadaTue, Apr 13, 6:04 AM PDT · 1999 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
12. 1.82km NNE of Wilkerson, CATue, Apr 13, 3:12 AM PDT · 1999 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
13. 2.52km S of Round Valley, CATue, Apr 13, 2:36 AM PDT · 1999 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
14. 1.724 km S of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 12, 10:18 PM PDT · 1999 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
15. 1.529 km SSE of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 12, 8:08 PM PDT · 2000 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
16. 1.625 km SSW of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 12, 7:23 PM PDT · 2000 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
17. 2.222 km NNW of Mina, NevadaMon, Apr 12, 2:54 PM PDT · 2000 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
18. 1.535 km SE of Mina, NVSun, Apr 11, 8:18 PM PDT · 2001 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
19. 2.26km ENE of Deep Springs, CASun, Apr 11, 6:53 PM PDT · 2001 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
20. 1.930 km S of Mina, NevadaSun, Apr 11, 2:12 PM PDT · 2001 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00805100. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:09 PM UTC.