M1.5 earthquake 10 km ESE of Smith, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Smith, Nevada on Mon, Dec 30, 2024, 1:24 AM PST (09:24 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.7 13 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 152.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00890871. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:52 PM UTC.