M1.6 earthquake 19 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada on Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 6:57 AM PDT (13:57 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 43 km S of Caliente, 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
- 2021-07-22 13:57:06 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.673° N, 115.025° 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
- ±0.33
- Station coverage gap
- 168°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.5Nevada · 1892 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.130 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 1884 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.443 km S of Caliente, Nevada · 1879 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.735 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1875 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.932 km WSW of Enterprise, Utah · 1874 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00815648. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.