M3.5 earthquake 28 km SSE of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 28 km SSE of Mina, Nevada on Tue, Mar 1, 2022, 10:17 AM PST (18:17 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 1km SW of Round Valley, CA. 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
3.5	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.35 · 12 stations
3.2	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.03 · 151 stations

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, 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: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 151.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00834659 (also filed as us6000h16n). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.