M1.6 earthquake 39 km SE of Mina, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 39 km SE of Mina, Nevada on Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 8:10 AM PST (16:10 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 41km NNE of Toms Place, 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
- 2021-01-15 16:10:57 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.194° N, 117.737° 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
- 124°
- Stations used
- 22
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
- 1.639 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 13 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.428 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.340km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2087 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.940km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2087 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.941km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2087 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.840km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2087 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.941km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.240km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.140km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.041km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.640km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.640km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.141km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.941km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 9
- 2.140km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.741km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.641km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.741km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.940km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.041km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.641km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.640km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.941km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.636 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2086 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.040km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.141km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.941km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2086 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.640km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.627 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.940km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.540km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.940km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.140km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.140km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.940km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.040km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.140km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.040km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 3.041km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.540km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.840km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.640km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.540km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.841km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.840km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.940km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.340km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 1.740km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.740km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.540km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.640km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.440km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.741km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.524 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2086 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.540km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.040km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Benton, California · 2086 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.741km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.840km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2086 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.339 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.439 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.939 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.728 km S of Mina, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.934 km ENE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.728 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.040km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2087 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.532 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2087 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.330 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2088 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.829 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2088 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.527 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2088 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.026 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2088 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.930 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2088 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.433 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2089 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.340km NNE of Toms Place, CA · 2089 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.529 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 2089 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.733 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 2089 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.532 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 2090 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.635 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2090 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.234 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 2090 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00797331. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC.