M1.6 earthquake 21 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 21 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada on Sat, Apr 10, 2021, 10:28 AM PDT (17:28 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 14 km E of Alamo, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-10 17:28:53 UTC
- Depth
- 20.1 km (12.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.446° N, 114.624° 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
- 216°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.114 km E of Alamo, Nevada · 1999 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.619 km SSE of Rachel, Nevada · 1991 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.124 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 1986 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.511 km WSW of Veyo, Utah · 1970 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.532 km W of Enterprise, Utah · 1947 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.04 km WNW of Washington, Utah · 1947 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00804789. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:26 AM UTC.