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M 2.7ml

Earthquake near Hawthorne, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Hawthorne in the 24 hours to 5:27 am PST (13:27 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 2.7 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) southwest of Hawthorne, NV, at 1:29 pm PST on 5 March 2026 (21:29 UTC), 9.0 km deep.

USGS: 29 km ENE of Bridgeport, California

1:29 pm PST, Mar 5, 2026 · · 9.0 km deep · released about 380 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mineral County 48 kmMono County 48 kmLyon County 79 kmAlpine County 82 kmDouglas County 86 kmTuolumne County 98 kmCarson City 115 km
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When
1:29 pm PST on 5 March 2026 ()
Where
32 km (20 mi) southwest of Hawthorne, NV · earthquakes near Hawthorne
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
9.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mineral County, 48 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 175 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. In Hawthorne, 32 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 380 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 40,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 29,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 380 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 20,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.3 The 1934 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada Earthquake · 49 km E of this epicentre
  2. 5.8 3 km NE of Mono City, California · 36 km SSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.6 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada (Foreshock) · 46 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada (Aftershock) · 46 km E of this epicentre
  5. 5.4 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada (Aftershock) · 46 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 38.3459, -118.9186. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Mineral County, NV 48 km (30 mi) ENE earthquakes near Mineral County
Mono County, CA 48 km (30 mi) S earthquakes near Mono County
Lyon County, NV 79 km (49 mi) NNW earthquakes near Lyon County
Alpine County, CA 82 km (51 mi) WNW earthquakes near Alpine County
Douglas County, NV 86 km (54 mi) NW earthquakes near Douglas County
Tuolumne County, CA 98 km (61 mi) WSW earthquakes near Tuolumne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 33 km SE of Bodie, CA
  2. 2.0 12 km NE of Walker Lake, Nevada
  3. 3.0 12 km NE of Walker Lake, Nevada
  4. 1.7 15 km NE of Lee Vining, CA
  5. 1.6 8 km NE of Walker Lake, Nevada
  6. 2.3 12 km NE of Walker Lake, Nevada
  7. 2.8 32 km SE of Bodie, CA
  8. 2.3 12 km NE of Walker Lake, Nevada
  9. 1.4 18 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  10. 2.5 28 km SE of Bodie, CA
  11. 1.7 29 km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  12. 1.7 36 km N of Benton, California
  13. 1.8 15 km NNE of Lee Vining, CA
  14. 1.6 13 km SSW of Hawthorne, Nevada
  15. 2.0 16 km S of Bridgeport, 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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