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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Hawthorne, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Hawthorne in the 24 hours to 7:07 am PST (15:07 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 23 km (14 mi) N, at 12:54 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Hawthorne
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Hawthorne, NV, at 8:11 am PST on 10 January 2017 (16:11 UTC), 9.1 km deep.
USGS: 23 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada
- When
- 8:11 am PST on 10 January 2017 ()
- Where
- 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Hawthorne, NV · earthquakes near Hawthorne
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mineral County, 20 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Indian Head fault, 10 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3056 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Hawthorne, 23 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.5 on 2016-07-07 — about 16,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 25 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.8 The 1932 Cedar Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 46 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.3 The 1934 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada Earthquake · 47 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.6 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada (Foreshock) · 44 km S of this epicentre
- 5.5 10 km SW of Gabbs, Nevada · 43 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.5 18 km S of Gabbs, Nevada · 50 km E of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 38.6955, -118.4727. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral County, NV | 20 km (13 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Lyon County, NV | 73 km (45 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Mono County, CA | 94 km (58 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Churchill County, NV | 95 km (59 mi) | N | earthquakes near Churchill County |
| Douglas County, NV | 101 km (63 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Alpine County, CA | 115 km (72 mi) | W | earthquakes near Alpine County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
26 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 26 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.7 26 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.6 28 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.8 28 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.8 26 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.5 26 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 2.1 23 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 2.5 10 km N of Schurz, Nevada
- 1.7 25 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.6 California-Nevada border region
- 1.9 23 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 2.7 26 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 2.0 23 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.7 26 km S of Hawthorne, Nevada
- 1.5 15 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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