Nevada earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 34 km SE of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 34 km SE of Mina, Nevada on Sat, Aug 10, 2024, 6:40 AM PDT (13:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

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
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2024-08-10 13:40:49 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.149° N, 117.861° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.50
Station coverage gap
127°
Stations used
14

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 198.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00882188. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.