Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 33 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 33 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada on Sat, May 15, 2021, 2:23 PM PDT (21:23 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.4 57 km ESE of Goldfield, 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
2021-05-15 21:23:43 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.809° N, 116.064° 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
±0.18
Station coverage gap
198°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.778 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1946 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.146 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1946 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.043 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1944 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.882 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1940 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.980 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1939 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.867 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 1938 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.272 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1925 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.626 km SW of Hiko, Nevada · 1921 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.457 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1910 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away

Before

  1. 2.146 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1978 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.846 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1979 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.552 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1982 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.947 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1983 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.945 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1983 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 4.145 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 1984 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.619 km SSE of Rachel, Nevada · 1989 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00807298. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC.