M3.9 earthquake 29 km SSE of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 29 km SSE of Mina, Nevada on Sat, Jan 29, 2022, 11:16 PM PST (07:16 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 36 km SE of Mina, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.9	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.27 · 8 stations
3.6	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.059 · 28 stations

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 148 in the 60 days after this one and 147 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 148.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00832788 (also filed as us7000ggcm). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC.