Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 25 km SE of Hawthorne, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 25 km SE of Hawthorne, Nevada on Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 10:00 PM PDT (05:00 UTC), 7 km (4 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
2021-07-13 05:00:51 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.361° N, 118.411° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
11

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. 1.529km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.928km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.828km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.827km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.328km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.829km S of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.128km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.729km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 1.830km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1909 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 1.632km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.830km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.230km NW of Bridgeport, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.829km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.631km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.89 km SSW of Walker, California · 1909 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.430km NW of Bridgeport, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.75 km NE of Walker, California · 1909 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.929km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.334km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1909 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.132km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.731km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 1.932km NW of Bridgeport, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.636 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1909 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 2.232km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.728km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 1.829km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 1.629km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.732km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.230km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.629km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.130km NW of Bridgeport, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.932km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  33. 1.831km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.229km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.729km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 1.729km SE of Bodie, CA · 1909 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 1.831km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.629km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.831km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 2.430km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.933km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 1.532km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.528km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.529km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 1.626km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 1.830km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.529km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 1.532km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1908 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.632km NW of Bridgeport, CA · 1908 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  50. 2.226km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1908 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 3.928km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 29
  52. 2.129km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.428km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1908 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.428km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.129km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.432 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1908 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 1.729km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.328km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  59. 2.229km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 1.729km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.829km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.730km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 1.728km ESE of Markleeville, CA · 1909 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.928km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.46km SSE of Bridgeport, CA · 1909 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.628km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.633 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1909 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.52 km NE of Walker, California · 1909 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.930km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1909 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.51 km S of Walker, California · 1910 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.428km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1910 days ago · -2 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.928km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1910 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.132km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1910 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.830km SSW of Smith Valley, NV · 1910 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.731km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1910 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.52 km E of Coleville, California · 1910 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.631km ENE of Dardanelle, CA · 1910 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.533km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1910 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.229km SE of Markleeville, CA · 1910 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.51 km NE of Walker, California · 1910 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00813290. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC.