M1.6 earthquake 20 km S of Dyer, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20 km S of Dyer, Nevada on Wed, Jul 21, 2021, 6:52 AM PDT (13:52 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 38 km SE of Mina, 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
- 2021-07-21 13:52:28 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.487° N, 118.079° W
- Region
- California
- 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
- ±0.10
- Station coverage gap
- 293°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 127 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.529 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.428 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.530 km S of Mina, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.628 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1900 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.826 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1900 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.838 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1900 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.628 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1900 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.129 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1899 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.828 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1899 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.728 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1899 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.028 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1899 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1898 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.631 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1898 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.631 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1898 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1898 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.828km SE of Bodie, CA · 1898 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.29km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1898 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.232 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1897 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.020km SE of Bodie, CA · 1897 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.620km SE of Bodie, CA · 1896 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.931 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1896 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.22km SSE of Round Valley, CA · 1896 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.640km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1896 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.419km WSW of Wilkerson, CA · 1895 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.931 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1895 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 1.834 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1895 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.031 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1894 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.731 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1894 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.4California-Nevada border region · 1894 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.439 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1894 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.714km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1893 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.234 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1893 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.527 km NNW of Benton, California · 1893 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 1.817km NNE of Independence, CA · 1892 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.717km NNE of Independence, CA · 1892 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.527 km NNW of Benton, California · 1892 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.927 km NNW of Benton, California · 1891 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.143km E of Independence, CA · 1891 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.830 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1891 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.131 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1891 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.029 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1891 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.819km NNW of Deep Springs, CA · 1891 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.141km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1889 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.633km E of Lee Vining, CA · 1888 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.341km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1888 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.629 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1887 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.141km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1887 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.541km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 1887 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.936 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1887 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.532 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1887 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.810km WSW of Toms Place, CA · 1886 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.514km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1886 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.535 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1885 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.829 km S of Mina, Nevada · 1885 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.621 km NNW of Benton, California · 1885 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.625 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1885 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.037 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1884 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.636 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 1884 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.730 km S of Mina, Nevada · 1884 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.538 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1884 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.030 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.728 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.928 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.329 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.228 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.526 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.831km SE of Bodie, CA · 1902 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.53km SSE of Bishop, CA · 1902 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.853 km NE of Keeler, California · 1902 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.134 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.836km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 1902 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 1.727 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.238 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.327 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1902 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.630 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1903 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.542 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 1903 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.867 km ENE of Independence, California · 1904 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 1.732 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1904 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.91km SSE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 1905 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
Earthquakes todayCalifornia earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00815466. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:34 AM UTC.