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M1.5 earthquake 3 km ESE of Coleville, California

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Coleville, California on Sun, Aug 15, 2021, 2:54 AM PDT (09:54 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 25km SSW of Smith Valley, NV. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-08-15 09:54:14 UTC
Depth
1.2 km (0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.551° N, 119.467° W
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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.217km NW of Bridgeport, CA · 1876 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.532km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1876 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.230km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1876 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.626km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1876 days ago · -2 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.529km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1875 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.429km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1875 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.730km NNW of Bridgeport, CA · 1874 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 2.023km ESE of Yosemite Valley, CA · 1873 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
  9. 1.725km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1873 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.625km SE of Bodie, CA · 1873 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.625km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1873 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 1.730km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1873 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 1.730km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1873 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.812 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1873 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.734km E of Lee Vining, CA · 1872 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 3.39 km ESE of Carson City, Nevada · 1872 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 374
  17. 1.510 km ESE of Carson City, Nevada · 1872 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.730km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1872 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.932km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1872 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 1.827km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1872 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  21. 1.527km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1872 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 2.232km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1872 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 1.931km NE of Dardanelle, CA · 1872 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 1.628km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1871 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  25. 2.628km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1871 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.429km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1871 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 1.728km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1871 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 1.728km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1871 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  29. 1.831km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1871 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 1.629km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1871 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 2.231km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1871 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 2.227km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1871 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 1.532km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1871 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 1.830km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1871 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.625km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1871 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 1.625km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1870 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 2.229km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1870 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 2.231km NE of Dardanelle, CA · 1870 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 1.817km NW of Bridgeport, CA · 1870 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 1.629km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 1.727 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1870 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.727km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.426km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · -2 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 2.427km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.627km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.126km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
  47. 1.626km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · -2 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 3.127km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.227km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 1.927km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 2.228km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.327km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1870 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 3.229km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1869 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 6
  54. 1.630km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1869 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 1.729km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1869 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 2.229km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1869 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.129km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1869 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  58. 1.829km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1869 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 1.828km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1869 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 1.629km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1869 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.632km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1877 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 2.228km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1877 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.628km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1877 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.926km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1877 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.232km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1878 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.225km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1878 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.632km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1878 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.828km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1878 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.626km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1878 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 3.229km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1878 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 8
  11. 2.325km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1878 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 1.725km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1878 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.725km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1879 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.629km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1879 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 1.732km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1879 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 1.628km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1879 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.528km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1879 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.227km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1880 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 1.930km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1880 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 1.629km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1880 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00818692. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:37 AM UTC.