M1.7 earthquake 40 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Nevada Seismological Laboratory

Local time

Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 5:58 AM PDT

UTC

2021-07-15 12:58:18 UTC

Depth

0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

39.062° N, 118.361° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Automatic solution, may be revised

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.36

Station coverage gap

182°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

8

• Schurz, NevadaPopulation 658. Forecast41 kmENE
• Fernley, NevadaPopulation 19,418. Forecast98 kmSE
• Reno, NevadaPopulation 264,165. Forecast135 kmESE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast557 kmN

After

1. 1.822 km NE of Gabbs, NevadaThu, Jul 15, 7:56 PM PDT · 1907 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
2. 1.715 km SSE of Smith Valley, NevadaFri, Jul 16, 1:03 AM PDT · 1906 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
3. 1.926 km WSW of Walker Lake, NevadaFri, Jul 16, 9:29 PM PDT · 1905 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
4. 2.733 km E of Fallon Station, NevadaSat, Jul 17, 12:29 PM PDT · 1905 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
5. 1.819 km NE of Hawthorne, NevadaSun, Jul 18, 7:36 AM PDT · 1904 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
6. 1.840 km NNE of Gabbs, NevadaMon, Jul 19, 2:09 AM PDT · 1903 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
7. 2.226 km WSW of Kingston, NevadaMon, Jul 19, 6:10 AM PDT · 1903 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
8. 1.811 km NE of Hawthorne, NevadaMon, Jul 19, 8:47 AM PDT · 1903 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
9. 2.16 km NNE of Yerington, NevadaTue, Jul 20, 6:19 AM PDT · 1902 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
10. 1.724 km W of Mina, NevadaTue, Jul 20, 8:09 AM PDT · 1902 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
11. 1.838 km ENE of Schurz, NevadaTue, Jul 20, 1:06 PM PDT · 1902 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
12. 1.629 km SW of Hawthorne, NevadaWed, Jul 21, 11:18 AM PDT · 1901 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
13. 1.826 km SSW of Mina, NevadaWed, Jul 21, 3:44 PM PDT · 1901 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
14. 1.628 km S of Hawthorne, NevadaThu, Jul 22, 3:32 AM PDT · 1900 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
15. 1.623 km W of Mina, NevadaFri, Jul 23, 1:33 PM PDT · 1899 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
16. 2.012 km ESE of Fernley, NevadaMon, Jul 26, 8:10 AM PDT · 1896 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
17. 1.649 km WSW of Austin, NevadaFri, Jul 30, 2:58 PM PDT · 1892 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
18. 1.617 km SE of Smith, NevadaSat, Jul 31, 5:58 AM PDT · 1891 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
19. 2.229 km SW of Hawthorne, NevadaSun, Aug 1, 7:21 AM PDT · 1890 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
20. 1.625 km SSW of Mina, NevadaFri, Aug 6, 11:29 AM PDT · 1885 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
21. 1.721 km W of Mina, NevadaSun, Aug 8, 8:27 AM PDT · 1883 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
22. 1.930 km NE of Gabbs, NevadaMon, Aug 9, 9:03 AM PDT · 1882 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
23. 1.510 km NW of Mina, NevadaMon, Aug 9, 12:57 PM PDT · 1882 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
24. 2.026 km NE of Mina, NevadaTue, Aug 10, 7:39 PM PDT · 1881 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
25. 1.617 km SW of Gabbs, NevadaWed, Aug 11, 3:47 PM PDT · 1880 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
26. 1.735 km W of Kingston, NevadaMon, Aug 16, 8:23 AM PDT · 1875 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
27. 2.036 km WNW of Kingston, NevadaMon, Aug 16, 8:45 AM PDT · 1875 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
28. 1.644 km NNW of Gabbs, NevadaMon, Aug 16, 6:31 PM PDT · 1875 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
29. 1.812 km NE of Hawthorne, NevadaWed, Aug 18, 1:06 PM PDT · 1873 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
30. 1.727 km SW of Hawthorne, NevadaSat, Aug 21, 10:54 AM PDT · 1870 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
31. 1.7NevadaSun, Aug 22, 8:09 PM PDT · 1869 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
32. 2.033 km ENE of Schurz, NevadaWed, Aug 25, 1:06 PM PDT · 1866 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
33. 1.767 km E of Fallon Station, NevadaTue, Sep 7, 2:02 PM PDT · 1853 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
34. 1.723 km ESE of Hawthorne, NevadaThu, Sep 9, 10:49 AM PDT · 1851 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
35. 1.615 km ENE of Hawthorne, NevadaSun, Sep 12, 5:56 AM PDT · 1848 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
36. 1.615 km ENE of Hawthorne, NevadaSun, Sep 12, 7:02 AM PDT · 1848 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away

Before

1. 1.948 km SSW of Kingston, NevadaThu, Jul 15, 2:53 AM PDT · 1907 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
2. 1.68 km SE of Mina, NevadaWed, Jul 14, 4:24 PM PDT · 1908 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
3. 1.525 km SE of Hawthorne, NevadaMon, Jul 12, 10:00 PM PDT · 1909 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
4. 1.512 km ESE of Smith, NevadaSun, Jul 11, 4:48 AM PDT · 1911 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
5. 1.819 km E of Walker, CaliforniaThu, Jul 8, 6:51 PM PDT · 1914 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
6. 2.422 km W of Mina, NevadaSun, Jul 4, 3:44 PM PDT · 1918 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
7. 1.827 km SSW of Mina, NevadaSun, Jun 27, 3:33 PM PDT · 1925 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
8. 1.924 km SSW of Mina, NevadaFri, Jun 25, 4:16 PM PDT · 1927 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00813984. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:10 PM UTC.