Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 20 km NE of Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km NE of Mina, Nevada on Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:24 PM PDT (03:24 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.3 12 km NE of Walker Lake, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2026-10-01 03:24:29 UTC
Depth
9.1 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.529° N, 117.956° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

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How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.29
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 since this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.829 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 31 hr ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 1.533 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 26 hr ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 1.632 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 16 hr ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.312 km NE of Walker Lake, Nevada · 8 hr ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 1.726 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 4 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.736 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 7 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.958 km S of Kingston, Nevada · 9 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.523 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 11 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.517 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 19 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 1.734 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 21 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.530 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 22 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 1.920 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 27 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.863 km N of Tonopah, Nevada · 27 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.329 km ENE of Benton, California · 30 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00925117. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:09 PM UTC.