Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 7 km E of Panaca, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 7 km E of Panaca, Nevada on Wed, Jun 16, 2021, 9:41 PM PDT (04:41 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 14 km ESE of Alamo, 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
2021-06-17 04:41:40 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.786° N, 114.306° 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
±0.28
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.512 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 1930 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.012 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.612 km N of New Harmony, Utah · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.414 km ESE of Alamo, NV · 1930 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.812 km N of New Harmony, Utah · 1930 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.712 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 1930 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.611 km WNW of Kanarraville, Utah · 1929 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.118 km NW of Beryl Junction, Utah · 1922 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.97 km E of Panaca, Nevada · 1918 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.619 km ENE of Hiko, Nevada · 1899 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.5Nevada · 1890 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 2.443 km S of Caliente, Nevada · 1877 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away

Before

  1. 2.04 km WNW of Washington, Utah · 1945 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.532 km W of Enterprise, Utah · 1946 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00809676. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.