36 km SE of Mina, Nevada

Yes. A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 36 km SE of Mina, Nevada, at 8:33 am PDT on 15 May 2020 (15:33 UTC), 7.1 km deep.

2020-05-15 15:33 UTC · 7.1 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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When: 2020-05-15 15:33 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.7 (ml)
Depth: 7.1 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Esmeralda County, 46 km SSE
Nearest mapped fault: Benton Spring fault, 16 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2294 days ago · we first saw it 2294 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. 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 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 6.5 on 2020-05-15 — about 500,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 15 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.1 Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada · 26 km SW of this epicentre Nov 21, 1910
5.6 37 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 31 km SW of this epicentre Aug 9, 1943
5.5 Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada · 26 km SW of this epicentre Nov 19, 1910
5.5 Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada · 26 km SW of this epicentre Nov 22, 1910
5.5 32 km NE of Mina, Nevada · 46 km N of this epicentre May 11, 1939

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Esmeralda County, NV	46 km (29 mi)	SSE	earthquakes near Esmeralda County
Mineral County, NV	66 km (41 mi)	NW	earthquakes near Mineral County
Mono County, CA	98 km (61 mi)	WSW	earthquakes near Mono County
Nye County, NV	120 km (74 mi)	E	earthquakes near Nye County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 19:47 UTC. 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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