M2.1 earthquake 13 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 13 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada on Tue, May 30, 2023, 9:27 PM PDT (04:27 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 17 km NNW of Mina, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-05-31 04:27:58 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.623° N, 118.538° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.63 km NNE of Carter Springs, Nevada · 1223 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.724 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1220 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.313km SW of Walker, CA · 1218 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 1.731 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1217 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.512 km ENE of Bridgeport, California · 1216 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.029km SE of Bodie, CA · 1214 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.527km SE of Bodie, CA · 1212 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.631 km ENE of Gabbs, Nevada · 1212 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.714km NNE of Lee Vining, CA · 1211 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.45km W of Walker, CA · 1211 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.54 km W of Walker, California · 1210 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.6California-Nevada border region · 1207 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.39 km SW of Gabbs, Nevada · 1206 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.242km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV · 1204 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.517km NW of Walker, CA · 1203 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.633 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1201 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.733 km S of Mina, Nevada · 1200 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.626 km NNE of Schurz, Nevada · 1197 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.942km S of Qualeys Camp, NV · 1195 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.214km SSE of Bridgeport, CA · 1192 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Mono City, California · 1192 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.536 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1191 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.67 km S of Carter Springs, Nevada · 1190 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.717 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1189 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.716 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1189 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.417 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1188 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 1.717 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1188 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.917 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1188 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.26km WSW of Walker, CA · 1187 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.226km SE of Bodie, CA · 1183 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.131 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1180 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.231 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1179 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1179 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.916 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1178 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.5California-Nevada border region · 1177 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.116 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.117 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 1.916 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.817 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 10
- 1.616 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.8California-Nevada border region · 1177 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.716 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.817 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.116 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.216 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.517 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 9
- 1.816 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.216 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1177 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.529 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1176 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1176 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.018 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1176 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.1California-Nevada border region · 1175 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.117 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1174 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.60 km SSE of Topaz Lake, Nevada · 1174 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.730 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1174 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.816 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1174 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.215 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 1174 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.52 km S of Coleville, California · 1173 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
The first 60 of 71.
Before
- 1.634 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1225 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.834 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1229 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.632 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1231 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.732 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1233 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.335 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1235 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.416km NW of Walker, CA · 1237 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.536 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1241 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.828 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1241 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.430 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1241 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.237km SSW of Qualeys Camp, NV · 1242 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 1.930 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1243 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1243 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.637 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1246 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.336 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1247 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.539 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1247 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.832 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1248 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.735 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1249 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.524 km E of Mono City, California · 1252 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.827 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 1252 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00860552. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC.