M1.7 earthquake 34 km SE of Mina, Nevada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 34 km SE of Mina, Nevada on Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 8:53 PM PDT (03:53 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-12 03:53:26 UTC
- Depth
- 12.2 km (7.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.161° N, 117.851° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
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How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 since this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.517 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 10 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.523 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 28 hr ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.051 km S of Silver Peak, Nevada · 10 hr ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 1.530 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 13 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.920 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 17 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.863 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 17 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.747 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 18 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.021 km SSW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 20 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.329 km ENE of Benton, California · 20 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.111 km N of Deep Springs, CA · 21 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 24 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.621 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 25 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.720 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 25 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Dyer, Nevada · 31 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.830 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 31 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.739 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 34 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Bishop, CA · 34 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.850 km ENE of Tonopah, Nevada · 34 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.548 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 35 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.630 km NE of Tonopah, Nevada · 35 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.528 km SE of Bodie, CA · 36 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.212 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 38 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.734 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 40 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00924372. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.