M3.4 earthquake 30 km SSE of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 30 km SSE of Mina, Nevada on Sun, Feb 20, 2022, 1:37 AM PST (09:37 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 California-Nevada border region. 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
3.4	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.34 · 9 stations
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.028 · 164 stations

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 141.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00834205 (also filed as us7000gme3). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC.