Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 35 km SE of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 35 km SE of Mina, Nevada on Wed, Jan 5, 2022, 4:25 PM PST (00:25 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M4.8 8km ESE of Deep Springs, CA. 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
2022-01-06 00:25:06 UTC
Depth
12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.167° N, 117.813° W
Region
Nevada
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.34
Station coverage gap
191°, 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: 186 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 186.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00831149. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC.