Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 57 km WSW of Rachel, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 57 km WSW of Rachel, Nevada on Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 4:17 PM PST (00:17 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.4 31 km SE of Rachel, 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
2021-01-06 00:17:02 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.476° N, 116.356° 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
192°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.652 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada · 2091 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.239 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 2089 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.934 km ENE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2086 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.724 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2069 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.623 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2069 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 1.959 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 2057 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.559 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 2053 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.546 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2049 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.729 km SSE of Rachel, Nevada · 2049 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.745 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 2048 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.546 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2048 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.343 km SE of Beatty, Nevada · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.631 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2046 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.846 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2045 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 3.431 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2043 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.629 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 2040 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.356km WNW of Beatty, NV · 2038 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.6California-Nevada border region · 2037 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 1.769 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2098 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 2.510 km SW of Hiko, Nevada · 2102 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.547 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 2106 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.642 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 2113 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.759 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada · 2114 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.352 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 2123 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00796178. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:16 AM UTC.