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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Hawthorne, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Hawthorne in the 24 hours to 10:51 pm PST (06:51 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 2.0 earthquake was recorded 33 km (20 mi) south-southeast of Hawthorne, NV, at 12:02 pm PDT on 6 April 2025 (19:02 UTC), 14 km deep.
USGS: 32 km SSE of Hawthorne, Nevada
- When
- 12:02 pm PDT on 6 April 2025 ()
- Where
- 33 km (20 mi) south-southeast of Hawthorne, NV · earthquakes near Hawthorne
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mineral County, 32 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Huntoon Valley fault system, 4 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 585 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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Hawthorne, 33 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 5.6 on 2016-12-28 — about 250,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 24 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.3 The 1934 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada Earthquake · 14 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.6 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada (Foreshock) · 12 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.6 37 km N of Dyer, Nevada · 46 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.5 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada (Aftershock) · 12 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.4 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada (Aftershock) · 12 km ENE 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 38.2433, -118.5153. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral County, NV | 32 km (20 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Mono County, CA | 48 km (30 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Mono County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 93 km (58 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Lyon County, NV | 105 km (65 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Lyon County |
| Alpine County, CA | 119 km (74 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Alpine County |
| Douglas County, NV | 120 km (75 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Douglas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 28 km SSE of Mina, Nevada
- 1.9 27 km SE of Bodie, CA
- 1.5 30 km ENE of Lee Vining, California
- 1.6 21 km W of Mina, Nevada
- 1.5 21 km W of Mina, Nevada
- 1.7 21 km W of Mina, Nevada
- 1.9 30 km NE of Mono City, California
- 1.7 30 km NE of Mono City, California
- 1.7 28 km SSW of Mina, Nevada
- 1.6 28 km SE of Bodie, CA
- 1.5 42 km S of Qualeys Camp, NV
- 1.6 28 km SE of Bodie, CA
- 2.4 20 km N of Benton, California
- 1.8 31 km SSE of Mina, Nevada
- 1.8 29 km SE of Bodie, CA
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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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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