Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 40 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 40 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada on Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 12:02 PM PDT (19:02 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.1 45 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada. 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
2021-03-28 19:02:02 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.408° N, 116.983° 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
141°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.720 km NW of Goldfield, Nevada · 2007 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.633km NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 2004 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.26km ENE of Deep Springs, CA · 2001 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.561 km NNE of Keeler, California · 1989 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.46km ENE of Deep Springs, CA · 1988 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.151 km ENE of Independence, California · 1988 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 4.145 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.945 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1984 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.947 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1984 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.552 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1982 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.846 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1980 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.146 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1978 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.851 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1971 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.053 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 1967 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.533 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 1967 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.637 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 2.08 km WNW of Goldfield, Nevada · 1966 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 1.627 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1961 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.654 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1959 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.631 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 1958 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.648 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 1958 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away

Before

  1. 2.445 km E of Tonopah, Nevada · 2022 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 2.133 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2022 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.533 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2022 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.643 km ESE of Big Pine, California · 2022 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.421km NNW of Deep Springs, CA · 2030 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.7Nevada · 2032 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.659 km NNE of Keeler, California · 2032 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.534 km ENE of Independence, California · 2034 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.265km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 2035 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  10. 1.632 km ESE of Big Pine, California · 2037 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.356km WNW of Beatty, NV · 2039 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.513 km SW of Tonopah, Nevada · 2042 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00803572. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.