M1.6 earthquake 6 km SW of Mina, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Mina, Nevada on Sat, Aug 29, 2026, 5:00 PM PDT (00:00 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 23 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-08-30 00:00:13 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.349° N, 118.165° 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. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.84
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 since this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.111 km N of Deep Springs, CA · 22 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.329 km ENE of Benton, California · 21 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.021 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 21 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.863 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 19 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.920 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 19 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.530 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 14 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 13 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.517 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 11 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.523 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 3 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 1.621 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 26 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.720 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 27 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Dyer, Nevada · 32 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.830 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 33 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.528 km SE of Bodie, CA · 38 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.212 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 39 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 41 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.616 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 43 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.030 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 43 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.630 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 43 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.729 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 44 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.736 km N of Benton, California · 48 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.815 km NNE of Lee Vining, CA · 48 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.638 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 50 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.720 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 50 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.532 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 53 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.831 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 54 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.431 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 54 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.613 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada · 55 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00923980. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC.