Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 39 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 39 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada on Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 3:43 PM PDT (22:43 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.2 25 km ENE of Mina, 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
2021-09-23 22:43:46 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
39.048° N, 118.379° 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
±0.47
Station coverage gap
177°
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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.130 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1836 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.132 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1836 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.632 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1836 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.69 km WSW of Mina, Nevada · 1833 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.514 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1831 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.930 km E of Bridgeport, California · 1828 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.528 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1828 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.014 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1827 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.634 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.128 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1818 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.818 km SW of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1806 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.718 km S of Smith Valley, Nevada · 1804 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 1.627 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1803 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.825 km NNE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1799 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.010 km NE of Mina, Nevada · 1793 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.722 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1791 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.623 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1790 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.223 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1787 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 1.616 km NNW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1786 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.613 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1785 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.623 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1784 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 1.514 km NW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1781 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 1.6California-Nevada border region · 1780 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 1.629 km SSW of Walker Lake, Nevada · 1780 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 3.225 km ENE of Mina, Nevada · 1776 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 1.832 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.831 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1837 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.332 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.39 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 1839 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.631 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1840 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 1.526 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1844 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.522 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1846 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 1.615 km ENE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1847 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.615 km ENE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1848 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.723 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1850 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.767 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada · 1852 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.528 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1856 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.613 km ENE of Walker, California · 1859 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.033 km ENE of Schurz, Nevada · 1865 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00823238. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:09 AM UTC.