Nevada earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 33 km SE of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 33 km SE of Mina, Nevada on Thu, Sep 4, 2025, 5:01 AM PDT (12:01 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 16 km SSE of Tonopah, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (mw), minor
Local time
UTC
2025-09-04 12:01:04 UTC
Depth
9.4 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.167° N, 117.850° W
Region
Nevada
Strongest shaking
III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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
1.6% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.4 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
Oblique normal
Nodal plane 1
Strike 82°, dip 52°, rake -37°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 197°, dip 62°, rake -136°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
40°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.541 km N of Toms Place, CA · 390 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.19 km SE of Deep Springs, CA · 389 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 1.639 km E of Lee Vining, CA · 386 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.940 km S of Qualeys Camp, NV · 384 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.829 km SE of Bodie, CA · 383 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.831 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 373 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.420 km N of Benton, California · 371 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 1.628 km SE of Bodie, CA · 371 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 3.818 km ENE of Walker Lake, Nevada · 369 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 16
  10. 1.542 km S of Qualeys Camp, NV · 369 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.628 km SE of Bodie, CA · 367 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.116 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 365 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.226 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 363 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.826 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 363 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.640 km ENE of Big Pine, California · 362 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.730 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 358 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 1.737 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 358 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.728 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 350 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.444 km ENE of Mina, Nevada · 350 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 1.730 km NE of Mono City, California · 349 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.930 km NE of Mono City, California · 346 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.13 km NE of Bishop, CA · 346 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.721 km W of Mina, Nevada · 345 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 1.521 km W of Mina, Nevada · 344 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 1.621 km W of Mina, Nevada · 344 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.530 km ENE of Lee Vining, California · 342 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.927 km SE of Bodie, CA · 342 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 2.328 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 340 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 3.916 km SSE of Tonopah, Nevada · 340 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  30. 1.643 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 340 days ago · 16 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.722 km W of Mina, Nevada · 340 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 2.414 km E of Bodie, CA · 337 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 1.532 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 337 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 1.838 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 333 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away

Before

  1. 2.319 km SSE of Bodie, CA · 393 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.743 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 395 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.443 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 395 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.743 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 395 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.642 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 395 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.043 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 395 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.543 km SSE of Silver Peak, Nevada · 395 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.07 km SE of Deep Springs, CA · 402 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.58 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 406 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.724 km SSE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 407 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.226 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada · 409 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 1.630 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 409 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.519 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 409 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.616 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 410 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.53 km N of Toms Place, CA · 417 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.77 km SSE of Deep Springs, CA · 417 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.727 km SE of Bodie, CA · 419 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.08 km SE of Deep Springs, CA · 419 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.436 km W of Gabbs, Nevada · 419 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.531 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 420 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00903786 (also filed as us7000qtrf). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC.