Nevada earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 34 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 34 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada on Mon, Jul 8, 2024, 2:19 PM PDT (21:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 16 km ENE of Walker Lake, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time: Mon, Jul 8, 2024, 2:19 PM PDT
UTC: 2024-07-08 21:19:30 UTC
Depth: 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 38.249° N, 118.799° W
Region: Nevada
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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
3.3	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.15 · 6 stations
3.4	Mwr, regional moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed
3.4	Mwr, regional moment	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Moment tensor · Reviewed

Shaking

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

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 0.9% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.2 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting: Strike-slip
Moment magnitude: 3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 134°, dip 32°, rake -175°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 40°, dip 88°, rake -58°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.15
Station coverage gap: 78°
Stations used: 13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 47 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 143.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00880596 (also filed as nc75032517, us7000mxwt). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:25 AM UTC.