California earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 27 km NW of Sutcliffe, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 27 km NW of Sutcliffe, Nevada on Sun, Jul 4, 2021, 8:49 AM PDT (15:49 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.9 11 km WNW of Burning Man Earth, 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
2021-07-04 15:49:51 UTC
Depth
0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.151° N, 119.799° W
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
±0.34
Station coverage gap
183°, 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.019km SW of Loyalton, CA · 1910 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.911 km WNW of Burning Man Earth, Nevada · 1901 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.230 km WSW of Empire, Nevada · 1900 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.012 km ESE of Fernley, Nevada · 1895 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.24km ESE of Truckee, CA · 1892 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.11km WNW of Lake Davis, CA · 1889 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.541 km ESE of Black Rock City, Nevada · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.638 km W of Empire, Nevada · 1876 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.17km N of Greenhorn, CA · 1874 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.510 km ENE of Doyle, California · 1861 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.53 km SSE of Floriston, California · 1861 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.529 km E of Herlong, California · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.017 km ESE of Spanish Springs, Nevada · 1857 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 1.632 km W of Lovelock, Nevada · 1919 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.720 km WSW of Wadsworth, Nevada · 1923 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.519km NW of Truckee, CA · 1934 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  4. 1.80 km S of Lake Davis, California · 1942 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.813 km ESE of Herlong, California · 1943 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00810841. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:25 AM UTC.