M1.6 earthquake 38 km W of Empire, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 38 km W of Empire, Nevada on Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 10:14 PM PDT (05:14 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 11km NNE of Lake Davis, CA. 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
- 2021-08-14 05:14:15 UTC
- Depth
- 13.7 km (8.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.557° N, 119.791° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.43
- Station coverage gap
- 307°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.510 km ENE of Doyle, California · 1862 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.529 km E of Herlong, California · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.811km NNE of Lake Davis, CA · 1856 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 13
- 2.125 km W of Empire, Nevada · 1845 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 1839 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.916 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 1834 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.522km W of Reederville, NV · 1825 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.029 km NW of Sutcliffe, Nevada · 1822 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.827 km W of Empire, Nevada · 1821 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 1.541 km ESE of Black Rock City, Nevada · 1884 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.11km WNW of Lake Davis, CA · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.230 km WSW of Empire, Nevada · 1900 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.911 km WNW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00818601. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:55 PM UTC.