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M 2.6ml

Earthquake near Hawthorne, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Hawthorne in the 24 hours to 4:35 pm PST (00:35 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 2.6 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) northeast of Hawthorne, NV, at 7:17 pm PDT on 30 July 2022 (02:17 UTC), less than 1 km deep.

USGS: 36 km W of Gabbs, Nevada

7:17 pm PDT, Jul 30, 2022 · · 0.7 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mineral County 36 kmLyon County 77 kmChurchill County 78 kmDouglas County 110 kmMono County 113 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
7:17 pm PDT on 30 July 2022 ()
Where
43 km (27 mi) northeast of Hawthorne, NV · earthquakes near Hawthorne
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
0.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mineral County, 36 km S
Nearest mapped fault
Hot Springs fault, 7 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 1492 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 23 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Hawthorne, 43 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 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 710 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 19 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.1 The 1954 Fairview Peak, Nevada Earthquake · 50 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.8 The 1932 Cedar Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · 43 km SE of this epicentre
  3. 5.5 10 km SW of Gabbs, Nevada · 30 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 18 km S of Gabbs, Nevada · 41 km ESE of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 14 km SSW of Gabbs, Nevada · 31 km ESE 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 38.8389, -118.3404. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mineral County, NV 36 km (23 mi) S earthquakes near Mineral County
Lyon County, NV 77 km (48 mi) WNW earthquakes near Lyon County
Churchill County, NV 78 km (48 mi) N earthquakes near Churchill County
Douglas County, NV 110 km (68 mi) W earthquakes near Douglas County
Mono County, CA 113 km (70 mi) SSW earthquakes near Mono County
Storey County, NV 122 km (76 mi) WNW earthquakes near Storey County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 California-Nevada border region
  2. 1.6 16 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  3. 3.8 17 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  4. 1.9 16 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  5. 3.1 17 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  6. 2.1 16 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  7. 1.5 California-Nevada border region
  8. 1.9 16 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  9. 1.9 17 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  10. 1.7 17 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  11. 3.4 17 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  12. 2.7 16 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  13. 2.7 17 km NNW of Mina, Nevada
  14. 1.6 26 km NNE of Schurz, Nevada
  15. 2.3 9 km SW of Gabbs, 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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